Q: How to Install Battery Cables for Gasoline and Diesel Engines on 2009 Dodge Ram 3500?
A: The battery negative cable for gasoline engines should be placed in the vehicle and held in place with retaining pushpins, fasteners and routing clips. Connect the bolt on the left frame rail with the negative cable, the engine and the left front fender. Clamp the battery's negative cable terminal to the relay and then check your car for smooth operation. If your vehicle has a positive cable, set it inside the vehicle, thread the nut onto the alternator, attach the terminal cap to the stud and insert the pushpin into the bracket beside the alternator. Raise the vehicle, put the pin through the cable and into the starter solenoid, attach the battery cable pushpins to the left rail, lower the vehicle and then fasten the cable to the battery tray. First, place the wire harness connector pushpin in the TIPM housing, connect the wire harness at the TIPM, install the nut to secure the cable to the TIPM and connect the battery positive and negative cable terminal clamps before making sure the vehicle is working normally. You will place the cable, secure it with pushpins, fasteners and routing clips and fasten bolts to the left frame rail, engine and left front fender before clamping the terminals and looking at the vehicle. To complete the negatives, install the cable with the proper bolts and set the terminal clamps as well. For diesel systems, the positive cable gets positioned, secured with pushpins, the vehicle is lifted, a nut is installed to the solenoid, the stud bolt is attached to the engine, the vehicle is lowered and the terminal clamps are connected. For the right positive cable, attach it, connect its terminal to the terminal clamp on the left cable, fasten the nut, hook the connector to the cable and finally make certain the vehicle is behaving properly before sending the vehicle out.