what CCA should I get?

 

PepBoys had the Bosch at a good price but the damn thing does not have a top handle on it like most do so it was difficult to lower in, I ended up using a luggage strap from an old travel bag to loop under it to aid in lowering in place and for future removal.

 

Mike says 800cca. If you had problems with 700, and the battery isn't up to par, then go up to 800+ cca. But make sure you test your charging system. I think 700cca should work fine if your charging system is in top notch shape.

 

Went with the Duralast Gold for $99.00, man what a differance this battery cranks...(no pun intended) 800 CCA, 1000 Crank Amps, 8 year warranty.

How can you bet that!!

 

FWIW, I had an interstate sit dead and frozen in my garage all last winter. Once I got the truck up and running, I tossed it in, gave the truck a jump, drove it around for about 3 hours, and haven't had a single problem since.

 

Often times, an intermittent start problem is usually associated with poor ground connections at the starter to frame connection as well as the battery ground connection to the frame. This can be resolved by doing new ground connections to the frame at both components.

My 97 had developed an intermittent start problem and I fixed it by abrading the frame down to bare metal with a deburring bit from my Dremel kit. I then drilled a pilot hole in this bare area and attached new ground lugs todirectly to the frame with a self-drilling body bolt. For the starter, I merely cut off the existing lug, stripped the existing cable and crimped on a new lug. For the battery, I bought a new cable from Pep Boys.

Yes a new battery will work fine for a while, but if the grounds are corroded, the problem will return. Tom offered new cables made from welding cable and high grade lugs at a very good price. Do a search and you will find all the details along with some pics I posted.