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Old 02-19-2008, 04:16 PM
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Time to put a new battery in the "old dodge" this one was cooked by an inopperative voltage regulator.Does anyone know the best place to get a new one?
 
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Old 02-19-2008, 04:17 PM
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ONE, or two ??

I went with Optima red tops compliments of a 59 hook up.
 
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Old 02-19-2008, 04:22 PM
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Only need one.OEM is 1025 cca.Biggest replacement I found was 950 but they did not carry it.
 
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Old 02-19-2008, 05:02 PM
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i know most of you here dont like to support the big D corporation but and oem battery serves the purpose when the truck was new why not buy another from them again and get the job done. they still service them just get one
 
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Old 02-19-2008, 05:12 PM
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For some reason I didn't think that you could replace only one bad battery. I thought that if one went bad you were supposed replace both batteries.
 
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This truck only came with one battery
 
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the old body of the 80's and early 90's diesel pickups only had one giant battery under that hood when the BE/BR body of 94 came along they started using two batteries for more reserve power. still suggest a mopar original replacement man had great luck with the orginals in my pickup and now am only on my 1st replacement batteries which i installed back in 2002 so just feel that they do alright .
 



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