Hate to ask again....crown vic help needed once again....

[Curious Hound]

When you turned the corner, your battery settled back into the tray and was no longer shirted out to the hood. Tighten down all the stuff that isn’t mounted properly and look for loose components or loose connections that shift around as the car moves.

 

[SenorNoob]

^Both of those posts feel very Rusty...

 

[rusty ol ranger]

https://www.jegs.com/i/Edelbrock/350/2838/10002/-1

I looked into that....

 

[rusty ol ranger]

When you turned the corner, your battery settled back into the tray and was no longer shirted out to the hood. Tighten down all the stuff that isn’t mounted properly and look for loose components or loose connections that shift around as the car moves.

You know....i dont have a battery hold down

 

[SenorNoob]

You know....i dont have a battery hold down

Medium sized zip ties work. Also used many bungee straps. Trick is finding the right one.

 

[Curious Hound]

You know....i dont have a battery hold down

I had a sneaky suspicion about that. Thanks for not disappointing me.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Medium sized zip ties work. Also used many bungee straps. Trick is finding the right one.

I usually use the big rubber ones.

Fun story the old 78 dually i had had dual batteries...one on drivers side bounced out and landed on the power steering pump pulley....talk about weird electrical

 

[pjtoledo]

baugh, screw the hold down. just slap some duct tape across the posts.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

baugh, screw the hold down. just slap some duct tape across the posts.

I had a tiny piece of old carpet between the pos and fender on my LTD

 

[SenorNoob]

Dad used to use a floor mat when he converted his chevys to top post.

 

[pjtoledo]

and check the meter for a fuse, and battery
ohms need a small battery, volts do not.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I had a tiny piece of old carpet between the pos and fender on my LTD

A 2.9 should swim in a LTD engine bay, you shouldn't need carpet between that and the fender?

It will get soaked with oil/coolant mixture and be a major fire hazard...

 

[rusty ol ranger]

A 2.9 should swim in a LTD engine bay, you shouldn't need carpet between that and the fender?

It will get soaked with oil/coolant mixture and be a major fire hazard...

My 2.9s are the only things running!

So there