New Auxiliary Battery Box
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Re: for a '95 van -
I've seen a very few of the 95 and older with a second battery. IIRC a more rectangular battery (wider side-to-side and not as deep), it went on a tray in front of the heater box on the right side. I would guess a diesel has one standard, the diesel Suburban I had was factory dual battery. That might not be too too hard to find as they made a lot of G30 minibus conversions with the 6.5, and they carried over through 1996.
Alternately, I've seen conversions that had a built in ice cooler set in the floor behind the driver's seat. I would think it not hard to just drop a box through the floor that could be used as a battery compartment, while protecting it better than just bolting one to a tray. Of course on your 96-up it would have to go on the right side.
I've seen a very few of the 95 and older with a second battery. IIRC a more rectangular battery (wider side-to-side and not as deep), it went on a tray in front of the heater box on the right side. I would guess a diesel has one standard, the diesel Suburban I had was factory dual battery. That might not be too too hard to find as they made a lot of G30 minibus conversions with the 6.5, and they carried over through 1996.
Alternately, I've seen conversions that had a built in ice cooler set in the floor behind the driver's seat. I would think it not hard to just drop a box through the floor that could be used as a battery compartment, while protecting it better than just bolting one to a tray. Of course on your 96-up it would have to go on the right side.
