Dual Battery D2...a Stevo Tutorial :-)

**stevo68** · 5th February 2009, 03:03 PM

G'day All,

Well finally got my dual battery set up in. Big thanks to Tim for his guidance and for his Traxide system. Ok lets start the tute....

First you need to fit battery tray. Do not get a Piranha....from what I can gather the ARB is best bet. First one I got..Piranha....didnt fit...second...thanks to TJM here on the coast...fitted but not as per instructions.

Next you need a battery

.....I went to Battery World...sourced some feedback from mates and got the one that I did. A straight up lead job.

Ok battery into place...oh and with the little hooky things...use from the inside to hook into...not the outside....took me 10 mins to work that out...ok I lie....it was pointed out to me

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Now in my case I wanted to connect dual battery with my rear socket. This is the hard part...how the **** do you get the cabling from under the engine.....allllllllllll the way back there.

Well what you dont do is try and reef the skirting up where the carpet meets the door. Better still get a manual on the D2 and find out how to. Oh look...pull up a plastic strip and there are screws

. Much easier

Then same for rear as this is where I ran the cabling:

Also before doing that...as it seems best to start at the back and go forward......is pull out current plug and see where it runs....in my case I also put in another plug:

Confused yet?? I was

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Ok now you have to get the cabling from engine bay...into car and up to plug. This involves dealing with whats called a grommet......a rubber thingy that lets cables through...but no dust particles. Pretty good thing..hey

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First crack...popped the bloody grommet half out. Managed to massage that back into place....lucky SWMBO wasn't watching..otherwise would get the " ohhh....well do it for grommet...but not for me"....my brothers know the go

. Had another crack and got a hole through...stuck my finger in and made it bigger and then fed cable through with some slippery stuff..Palmolive or something like that.

Then I basically fed it along the front door seem...under the B Pillar...along back door seam...up the wheel arch....into where the plastic stuff is where the socket was. Look at it....it will make more sense

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Once done.....the cabling and crimping etc was done. I drilled a second hole for the second socket as below:

Then the under hood stuff needed to be done......if using Tims stuff...follow instructions....and voila:

Best thing....IT ALL WORKS

. Cannot wait to have my first stress free ( well in relation to keeping fridge cold) camping weekend...starting tomorrow. Oh yeah

Hope you enjoyed another useless as tits on a bull tutorial from Stevo. Keep eyes peeled for another in coming mths,

Regards

Stevo

**Rosscoe68** · 5th February 2009, 03:15 PM

nice work. nice to see people that aren't qualified in explaining things to prefoessors putting up tuts to give us noobs a fair idea without all the techno mumbo jumbo

**AussieAub** · 5th February 2009, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by stevo68

Next you need a battery

.....I went to Battery World...sourced some feedback from mates and got the one that I did. A straight up lead job.

G'day Stevo,
Out of interest, what battery did you get?
I already have the dual battery wiring and tray in place (and I know it all works coz I took the old battery out with it being almost dead). Just looking at getting a new 2nd battery when I saw this post, so was wondering which one you fitted? Any price guide?

Cheers,

..:: KIEREN ::..
2000 Disco II Auto V8 (lemon edition)
AussieAubs Disco Page

**LandyAndy** · 5th February 2009, 07:38 PM

Good work Steve.
A bit of advice,you will need a heat sheild around that battery.
Have a look at a few others setups.
Heat will shorten the batterys life.
Andrew

**stevo68** · 5th February 2009, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by AussieAub

G'day Stevo,
Out of interest, what battery did you get?
I already have the dual battery wiring and tray in place (and I know it all works coz I took the old battery out with it being almost dead). Just looking at getting a new 2nd battery when I saw this post, so was wondering which one you fitted? Any price guide?

Cheers,

..:: KIEREN ::..
2000 Disco II Auto V8 (lemon edition)
AussieAubs Disco Page

Hey Kieren....will have a look in the morning...it was around $170 for the battery.

Good work Steve.
A bit of advice,you will need a heat sheild around that battery.
Have a look at a few others setups.
Heat will shorten the batterys life.
Andrew

Hey Andrew...thanks for the reminder.....I will go back through some of the previous posts and see what others have used,

Regards

Stevo

**Hastykiwi** · 5th February 2009, 09:34 PM

Steve,
first, cudos to you on a most excellent tutorial. Given that now you are in real danger of offering practical and useful advice I must admit that these tutorials are a lot harder than they look to get right. Mine consisted of 1 photo and 4 lines and wasn't half as entertaining as yours.

I was curious about the difference if any in the quality and ease of fitting of the battery trays available as it seems that the ARB gets the nod most times, unless a bigger battery is wanted.

Thanks again and enjoy yr weekend.

Nick

**B92 8NW** · 5th February 2009, 09:37 PM

Onya Stevo

. Did my routing help? (Read that ANY way you like)

**stevo68** · 5th February 2009, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by Hastykiwi

Steve,
first, cudos to you on a most excellent tutorial. Given that now you are in real danger of offering practical and useful advice I must admit that these tutorials are a lot harder than they look to get right. Mine consisted of 1 photo and 4 lines and wasn't half as entertaining as yours.

I was curious about the difference if any in the quality and ease of fitting of the battery trays available as it seems that the ARB gets the nod most times, unless a bigger battery is wanted.

Thanks again and enjoy yr weekend.

Nick

Hey Nick...thanks for your comments

. I still think I am a loonnnnggg way off offering anything useful...but its more if someone like me can do it...then anyone can

. As for the battery trays...from what I have read and some others in my club...the ARB is way to go. Cost is around $68 compared to the $200 I paid for the Piranha and I couldnt have fitted it...hence why TJM where I got it from did it for me. Will get to test it over 48 hrs of camping and 4wding this weekend. Just gotta buy the beer now....oh and I guess some food for me and the brats

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Onya Stevo

. Did my routing help? (Read that ANY way you like)

Hey mate...certainly did as I managed to remember some stuff from previous questions as I did mean to print off the information. Even know what and how a grommit looks like now

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Regards

Stevo

**Redback** · 5th February 2009, 11:09 PM

Outstanding Stevo, have fun this weekend and let us know how it goes

Baz.

**harry** · 6th February 2009, 06:21 AM

ok stevo,noted tute, and comments,
i will look in the parts supply bin, now, and load a heat shield in for you.
modification and fitment later, will bring it down with me to cc.
thanks landyandy,

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