ramonortiz55's dual battery setup adventure and experimentation thread..

So I picked up a battery tray from @Iggy. a few weeks ago. @Iggy. and I are working on a battery tray for a dual battery setup. This is still preliminary, therefore any advice or ideas are greatly appreciated!

Any ideas gathered from here could be incorporated in a final battery tray setup.

Let's see where this goes, shall we?

Finally going to get it setup.

This is what I received in the mail:



Battery tray along with a bracket to hold a busman fuse/relay box!

So here goes the experimentation:

The battery tray is designed to go over the fenderwell on the passenger side of the second gen taco.
One problem. I have this pesky emissions pump.

We must relocate this.



So my initial intensions is to relocate the pump here in the area where the steering fluid reservoir sits at:



Let's start by removing this sucker:



If I relocate the pump, I will need to extend the hose and extend the wiring connections:





Removing the pump is easy:





Once it is out of the way, I place the battery tray in the same spot.
This bracket is in the way. Looks like it hold a rubber clamp on these ac lines:



I figured I could flip this clamp the other way to avoid it hitting the battery tray:

removed clamp



flipped it the other way:



I also had to flip the bracket the other way.




Fitting the tray in, it bolts down in three locations. Two of them are here:

According to @Iggy. those screws popping thru must be cut off. I will leave them in for now.



I had to remove the bolt holding that side of the air intake assembly and slide the tray under it.



I noticed this to be too close to the tray, so I figured I could flip the clamp and flip the bracket to lower it down and away from the busman holder bracket.



I removed the tape and removed the nuts on the bracket to flip it:



Flipped:



So I need to relocate this bracket. Probably mount it against the firewall away from the battery and battery tray:



Mounted my @Yotamac bussman box:





Looks clean huh?

So far so good.

So now that I removed the emissions pump and plan to place it in the area of the steering pump reservoir, I need to find a place to relocate the steering pump reservoir.



Reservoir removed:



Removed the reservoir from its bracket:



If I place the emissions pump in the spot where the steering pump reservoir is at, where would we put the reservoir at?

It is just a question of extending the hoses and coming up with a bracket to mount it on..maybe mock up this holder part and bolt it somewhere else?



Could we incorporate the holder part of the reservoir stand to the emissions pump stand?




Ideas??

 

@LiveFreeOrDie2015 any words of advice or encouragement?

 

Take a look at the instructions for installing a k&n air intake for a second gen. They mount the emissions pump on top of the reservoir youre talking about. Can't remember off hand how it's done but if I remember tomorrow I can snap some pictures for you.

 

really? but that means i have to remove my emissions pump to check or fill my steering fluid?

 

reserved.



(for shittalk)

 

So many tubes, and wires, and brackets...

 

Can't remember for sure if you'd have to or not. The cap may still be accessible for filling. I'll check for you tomorrow.

 

thanks mountain.

 

theres none of that here.

only serious and mature men discussions

 

just a thought but maybe...

 

Mike,

That is an idea I am pondering.

The only thing is would the assembly as a hole fit in the space?

And I don't know how to weld.

 

Might be worth buying a small flux core welder from Harbor Freight or something. It's not terribly difficult to learn and you can always find a use for such a skill. Then you can add a piece of metal where the hole is.

Or maybe there's some way to cut the tab on the power steering bracket a bit larger in size and drill holes in it to bolt it somehow?

 

THIS

 

Subbed...

 

I'll start off by saying please excuse the dirty engine bay lol. So when you purchase a k&n intake it comes with a bracket that basically puts the smog pump on stilts above and slightly towards the front of the truck from the power steering reservoir. I'm sure with some finagling I could fill the power steering fluid without removing the smog pump. Like a dumbass I routed an electrical connection over the fill cap but that'll be an easy fix when I get around to it. See the pictures below. This could be the ticket you're looking for in order to create room for your second battery.

 

http://www.knfilters.com/instructions/77-9037_inst.pdf

 

Picture only possible thanks to @tacodane and his led hood light kit. Ok this is how I relocated my power steering reservoir and emissions pump. Sorry the pics aren't the best but it's dark,windy and cold outside. The power steering res. Was only moved over 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch and the emission pump bracket and PSR share a mounting hole that keeps the PSR level. I did have to trim the one leg of the emission pump bracket so they would fit together. It's been a few months now and didn't take any pics but you'll see how to make them fit after trying. After I got the spacing and level where I needed it I used finger nail Polish to mark where I needed to drill and insert threaded rivets. Some factory holes are reused

 

Awesome write up so far @ramonortiz55!

I've been working on this thing for a while now. I'll post up something more substantial tomorrow to show everyone what features the mount has.

Stay tuned!

 

Here's a quick video I did yesterday. It's my fist video like this so sorry if it sucks! Let me know what you guys think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyaPsX-9aB0