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hopefully you guys will know what i'm talking about cause i don't currently have any pics of said problem

you know the smaller gauged wires that run off the battery terminals? the negative or ground side simply bolts up around the battery tray stock as a ground wire... but i'm not sure where the positive side runs... when i relocated my battery i left the stock locations in tact so i wouldn't have to worry about it but now that i'm deleting stuff i need to actually run the positive side to where it is supposed to go. i looked in my manual and found nothing even mentioned of this so i'm hoping one of you guys knows what i'm talking about and can trace yours to where it goes.

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the smaller gauged wire that runs off the battery terminals...

black = grounded to bodyred = ????

any help works guys... thanks


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ok... so for a little more insight as to what i'm talking about... i now have pics!

the black side is the body ground

where does the red side go?

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I'll check to see where mine goes when I get to work tomorrow, and get back to you on what I discover.

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apparently its not too important cause i've been driving without it for about a month now... but it would give me a little peace to know its all hooked up as it should be

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So I checked out my truck this afternoon (I almost forgot >_>) and my setup is quite a bit different. I have a black plastic box attached with my main positive cable which spits 7 wires out which go into 3 different white clips that all branch into my main wiring harnass....

Soooo, I guess us Canadians set ours up differently? lolI couldn't take a picture, but I can tomorrow or Friday if I remember my camera.

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haha... no the setup should be the same

mine is the way it is because i've removed a lot of stuff and relocated the battery... it actually sits where the passenger seat was

i'm guessing it must go somewhere after the branch of all the wires which i do still have so it must still be attached wherever it goes

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the wires on the positive side goes the power the accessories in the cab which I think you already removed. they also keep power to the fuses. my system is somewhat different also. Caribbean edition

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oh i know now! if it gives power to the fuses it must have went to the fusible link.... that was erased so that's why i can't find this s***.... problem solved... thanks man!


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