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My exhaust runs inboard of the frame rails and the battery boxes are mounted outboard. Pics later.

My view: EcoBoost is unnecessarily complicated to achieve performance of a small V8, and I keep my trucks a long time, so expensive repairs are something to avoid. If you change trucks every few years, it will probably become someone else's problem. I don't want aluminum body panels, again...

But OP wants a 1/2-ton, and GM does not make a 1/2-ton diesel. I have owned four GM 1/2-tons, and never will buy another one. There are only two things GM makes that I would even consider: Corvette and Cadillac CTS-V.

That's pretty much the truck I would want if I were in the market for a new half-ton. I currently own one Ram (3/4 ton), one Tundra, and three GMs (all half-tons), everything gas and 4WD. The Ram is by far the best of the bunch. Two of the GMs have grenaded their rear pumpkins, and they are...

The actual advantage of a V6 in a truck is seldom realized if you use the truck to haul things. Most real world reports favor a small V8 over a V6. My 2005 Dodge 2500 with the 5.7 Hemi and auto trans is the best truck I have ever owned, only drivetrain issue has been a warped exhaust manifold...

The compressor temp is only loosely related to the electrical issues. Compressing a gas causes its temperature to rise, reducing the pressure causes the temperature to drop. The compressor temp you notice is mostly coming off the cylinder and cooling fins, completely normal. ARB compressors...

I don't like leveling kits just for the sake of changing the look of the truck, and it makes the truck nose-high when you are hauling anything. Having said that, I don't own a 2007 Silverado and don't know how bad its unloaded handling is, but my '98 K1500 was fine without any leveling kit. On...

I'm late to this party, but in response to OP's question re 2005 Dodge diesel with factory dual batteries: I have a 2005 Dodge gasser and have triple batteries, with a 31M under the hood and a pair of 34Ms under the cab. Best place to mount your second battery will probably be under the cab...

My old alternator at nominal 160 amps on 1/0 welding cable could not adequately charge my Odyssey 2150, even with about 1300 miles of mostly highway driving in a 72-hour period, no refrigerator, no winching, no camp setup, just a lot of driving. That 2150 failed, even with multiple treatments...

Optima told me to never use my Odyssey Ultimizer 40amp charger on an Optima battery because it would damage the battery. I think Optima specifies shore charging input amps no greater than 20 amps (need to confirm), and Odyssey told me that the 2150 requires a minimum of 25 amps, but 40 amps is...

Odyssey says that is simply not true for their 2150 Extreme. I argued from your point of view, through three of those batteries, and finally gave up and bought the Odyssey charger to get a 14.7+V charge into my new 2150. We'll see if that solves the problem. Optimate in Canada told me in a...

I don't know what the parasitic drain should be on an FJ, but my Dodge was right on 35 ma before the recent changes to the system. Everybody, including Dodge, said that is right on the money for that truck, and my main battery was still going dead when the truck was parked for long periods...

Your starting battery is a Sears DieHard PM1. The PM1 is an Odyssey 2150 31M rebranded for Sears. Bruce Essig at Odyssey has a 2150 in his non-daily driver 4x4 (I think it's an H3, but hazy on that detail) and he has his calendar set to put that battery on a conditioning charger every two...

Probably not, if he is trying to properly charge an Odyssey 2150 G-31. Even Odyssey says they need 14.7V or more to properly charge from the alternator, otherwise you probably need to put it on a high voltage/high amperage conditioning charger designed to accommodate the charging profiles of...

When I spoke with Anti-Gravity in June, they had a "bigger better" unit on the way. Their web site is a mess, so may be smart to call them if you are interested in something bigger than the XP-10.

Makes no real difference. Whether you use a torch or a vise or a BFH or some combination of tools, you will need to shoot the repair with paint to prevent/slow rust.

I have no direct experience with Deka batteries, and there are not a lot of Deka dealers in So Cal. When I sorta wanted to buy one, my usual purveyor talked me out of it, even though he had one in stock. I suspect that one reason Dekas are dissed might relate to the blowout sale they had two...

The DH Golds are second-tier AGM batteries. Specs are nowhere near the Platinums.

Very, very true. As Dwight D. Eisenhower once (allegedly) said, "Things are more like they are now than they ever have been before."

I have recently been through all this with Sears and Odyssey. The "old" Platinums are going to be hard to find because Northstar tells me that Sears has now contracted with them for their AGMs, replacing Odyssey. It seems that all of the DieHard Gold AGMs are already Northstar and the new...