Dangling ground wire on 2nd battery on my F350

[jaxs]

Doesn't anybody ever look at the picture? :confused2:

You know how it is these days,can't believe a thing you hear and only half what you see.:stirthepot:

 

[ning]

Yep; nothing was ever installed on this truck that would need a ground there - I've no idea why it would be there, and it wasn't connected to anything at the other end when I found it. I've had the truck since it was delivered from the factory.

I removed it.

 

[Diggin It]

^^ Battery isn't original though obviously. Who replaced that? If it was a shop, could they have added it? If you, didn't you notice the cable before now?

 

[atsah]

I had an OBS stroker that had an extra ground wire on that battery as well, they came from the factory that way.. International put it on there for Ford to use but they never used it..

 

[ning]

^^ Battery isn't original though obviously. Who replaced that? If it was a shop, could they have added it? If you, didn't you notice the cable before now?

*gasp* not an original battery? Truck's only 22! Gosh, batteries are terrible these days! This is probably my 6th battery on the truck... three pairs.

I wouldn't pay a shop to replace a battery... if I did, I'd probably pay someone to do the work I got a tractor for, and I wouldn't be here

I've seen the cable before, but never pulled on it to see where it was connected.
Didn't care.

It was only when I moved the cable end completely out of the way of some work that it pulled up far enough, in broad daylight, to see that the other end was just dangling.

 

[ning]

I had an OBS stroker that had an extra ground wire on that battery as well, they came from the factory that way.. International put it on there for Ford to use but they never used it..

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who's seen it.

 

[atsah]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who's seen it.

I was replacing the battery and said to myself what the heck is this, I asked them at the Ford garage and they told me several thousand International engines came through with them..

 

[rback33]

I think that end goes to the positive.

 

[Diggin It]

^^ I'm positive that would result in a negative experience.