Question about battery relocation
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Question about battery relocation I'm in the process of relocating the battery to the back of the car. I purchased the complete kit from Reckless about a year ago and I'm just getting to it now. 
Anyhow, my question is what do I do with the existing positive and negative wires? Do they get used in the relocation process or do they just end up dead under the hood?
Anyhow, my question is what do I do with the existing positive and negative wires? Do they get used in the relocation process or do they just end up dead under the hood?
Mike from my experience, I have a Taylor Box and wire. I had to get a Junction box like you would use on a stereo and cut my stock terminals and run those into the Junction box. I'm sure there is probalby a better way to do it and I either A.) overdid it or B.) wasted some $$$ lol. Mine works though so I dont think it can be that wrong lol.
seen a few folks do what powell suggests.
well the positive gets used mike, that's what you run the cable from the positive terminal on the battery up to. the negative doesn't get used as you need to run cable off that negative in the battery to somethign in the back to ground the battery with. i have mine in my drivers side so i grounded it on the post that the rear seatbelts would normally use.
well the positive gets used mike, that's what you run the cable from the positive terminal on the battery up to. the negative doesn't get used as you need to run cable off that negative in the battery to somethign in the back to ground the battery with. i have mine in my drivers side so i grounded it on the post that the rear seatbelts would normally use.
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What I did was mount the battery in the back, then I ran a 0/1 guage to a stereo dist block mounted on the shock tower on the drivers side right above the fuse box under the hood. From here I used all of the stock + wires but I unhooked them from any harness and seperated them into several wires that hooked into the distro block. 1 wire to fuse panel, 1 to alternator, and 1 to the starter. Doing it this way I was able to reuse all of the factory + wiring but for the starter I had to solder 2 lengths together cause It was a bit further away than it used to be. As far as the negatives are concerned I used another lenght of 1/0 guage but only about 2 feet long and I put a wire connector on it and then hooked it to the chassis right near the battery. I actually used one of the screws that mounts to the rear lights and took a dremel and with a wire brush and got it nice and metallic for the connection. I re used some of the stock - wiring and dremelled a spot on the ac evaporator bracket and again used some stereo loop connectors from circuit city and bolted it down using a stock screw. After this i bolted it the the stock location on the block and was good to go.
Originally Posted by Big Mike
So do I splice the existing positive terminal and run it straight back to the battery and hook it up to the positive terminal?
I'm really confused...
I'm really confused...
did mine like more than 2 years ago so i'm trying to remember the exact specifics of the connection. it was cake though.
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Originally Posted by SilverGhost
nah just put a connector on the end of that line coming from the battery and then run it up to that positive and connect it with a nut and bolt and tape it up good.
did mine like more than 2 years ago so i'm trying to remember the exact specifics of the connection. it was cake though.
did mine like more than 2 years ago so i'm trying to remember the exact specifics of the connection. it was cake though.
OK, now I'm with you on the positive. What about the existing negative wire?
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Originally Posted by Big Mike
OK, now I'm with you on the positive. What about the existing negative wire?
The big wire on the altenater (the one with the nut) I ran directly to the positive post on the battery to allow the cut off switch to work properly. If you don't do this the engine will not cut off due to voltage backfeed from the altenater.
I'm off to work now son.
Good luck
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One other question guys, I didn't run any kind of distribution block or fuse. I just wired everything up like you guys mentioned above. Do I need any kid of fuse of distribution block??? Am I OK without it?