Two batteries in 2012 F-350?
My 2012 Ford F-350 Dually died this morning. It has the original two batteries from the factory. I have it hooked up to battery tender while not in use connected to the passenger side battery. I ju...
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Well, I think this thread got dredged up by mistake, but I have a diesel battery anecdote to tell you about also.
When I was a kid we had an 1980 Cadillac with the 5.7L diesel. Real cream puff, low miles. Ultimately the folks ended up in a wreck with it about a year after they bought it so we never got the chance to experience the joy of the 5.7L diesel engine, but back to the battery story...
After the wreck we found a new front clip and fixed it up and got it driving again. But we were always chasing problems with one battery or the other going bad. We'd find one battery bad, and replace it with new. Then the other one would die, and we'd replace that one with new. Then the first new one would die, so we'd put another new battery in. Chased it back and forth about 5 times before we took both batteries in at once and got them replaced under warranty. Once we put two new identical batteries in, the problems stopped.
When I was a kid we had an 1980 Cadillac with the 5.7L diesel. Real cream puff, low miles. Ultimately the folks ended up in a wreck with it about a year after they bought it so we never got the chance to experience the joy of the 5.7L diesel engine, but back to the battery story...
After the wreck we found a new front clip and fixed it up and got it driving again. But we were always chasing problems with one battery or the other going bad. We'd find one battery bad, and replace it with new. Then the other one would die, and we'd replace that one with new. Then the first new one would die, so we'd put another new battery in. Chased it back and forth about 5 times before we took both batteries in at once and got them replaced under warranty. Once we put two new identical batteries in, the problems stopped.
