Battery Relocation...

Battery Relocation....
Parts Used....
1) 20 ft 4 ga power wire: $15.00
2) 20 ft of 4 ga ground wire: $15.00
3) battery box: $9.00
4) battery ends (2): $3.00
5) power/distribution block: $20.00
6) wire loom: $6.00
7) pull ties: $3.00

Ok...this is what I did when I relocated the battery on my 91 Toyota truck to the bed. First I stared by jacking the truck up & putting it on 4 jack stands...this will make it so much easier when your running the wire. After getting all the done I then mounted the battery box where I wanted it...as you can see in the pic.

After I got the battery box installed I ran both the 4 gauge power wire & ground wire to the front of the truck. This is where it the extra wire comes in handy cause you'll need to run the wire all above the frame & out of harms way!! *Do not use anything smaller than 4 gauge wire for both power/ground wire!!!! Now you see where the 2 terminals came into play.


Ok...now that I got the wire ran, I then mounted the power distribution block on the inner fender well. I bought this from a local stereo shop & the guys there were very helpful cause I told them what I was doing so they made sure I got the right size block for the wire I was going to use.

As you can see in this pic there is a large (red) wire leading to the distribution block-that's the power wire. You don't have to do what I did next, but I found it easier. Instead of grounding the battery in the rear I ran the ground wire to the front & used it to ground the starter. I figure why have two grounds when I could do it all in one! Like I said you don't have to do it that way...you can ground the battery in the rear & then ground the starter to the frame...both ways work good!

So...after I got I got the starter grounded & the power wire run to the distribution block. I then ran the power wire from the starter & the power/main wire from the fuse box-(don't forget about that) to the distribution block as well. As you can see from the pic I've got all the wires installed in the distribution block, the two smaller wire are coming from the fuse box-under the hood & the other is the power wire from the starter.

Ok...I've tried to make this as simple as possible & I hope this helps some of you out. I wish I had more pics to go along with what I did, but I did all this after I had it installed...sorry. Donny