small battery in back compartment?
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Drifting
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small battery in back compartment?
I was trying to sort out some of the wiring in my 84 project car and removed the carpet and found wires going to the compartment behind the passenger seat when I lifted it up I found a small battery that looks like a motorcycle battery with some heavy GA. wire going to it. What is this for and if I remove it will the car start and run ok. It's going to be a street strip car. Pipe THANKS FOR THE HELP
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Stereo shop is going to build a custom box to put a lawnmower battery in my back compartment to boost my electrical system to keep it from draining my one battery when I run all the accessories. Maybe thats what that one is for. Put a new one in and see if it changes anything.
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Drifting
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I think this car had the CB Radio option in it. When I removed the carpet and started tracing wires I found a black cable with that end on it that connects to a CB. Dam wiring
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Drifting
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That heavy gage wire went from that cycle battery up through the firewall and was hooked to nothing. The black wire coming from that battery was screwed to a piece of metal as a ground. Pipe
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I've seem alarm installers use a seperate siren on a seperate small battery circuit like that before so that if someone tries to disconnect your battery to disable the alarm, it keeps going.
