I may have a good deal on 2 taller telecom style northstar batteries. As I was eyeballing, i realized that the battery could fit in the stock jack location if I cut the material out. It's a northstar SMS-agm 220 RV. What do you think?

 

I say anything you can do to lighten the nose of our little piggies is a good thing. I plan on adding a second battery myself and will also install a battery management unit to isolate one for emergency starts.

 

The stats on this battery are amazing. I wanted to use a lighter odyssey battery up front, then have one or two of these in the rear. Want to add a winch, efans, lights, and an inverter . I think the extra juice would help. What type of batter are you looking to add?

 

Was also thinking about an Odyssey, as they are comparatively light weight. AGM batteries are nice and reliable w/ great amp hour capabilities, but heavy like standard wet cell batteries. It will be a while til I make this endeavor, as I'm currently dealing w/ transmission issues(shift solenoids, I believe/hope), so upgrades will wait.

 

I hope all is good..going to get mine serviced today. Servo and deep pan are next. Not a fan of 4l60s

 

They're not such bad transmissions, as long as you're not trying to put down lots of power, they just have some minor flaws (what transmission doesn't have some "factory" issue?) that can be mostly overcome by things like the servo upgrade and deep pan, etc. I've done both, as well as a shift improver kit, and appreciate the difference in shift firmness. If you're going to do the servo and pan yourself, why not try installing one of these kits? Its really not that difficult and its the best bang-for-the-buck improvement that greatly increases the longevity of the trans. I also replaced the plastic piston from the apply assembly - three bolts to do the job, all w/o pulling the trans.

 

I've thought about trying it, but I just dont want to mess up my trans.

 

If you follow the instructions its very straight forward. The ONLY issue you might have is messing up the order/placement of the bolts that hold the valve-body in, as there are three different length bolts, but you get a nice picture w/ the instructions that shows exactly where everything goes. I would rate the necessary skills at 3 on a scale of 10. You drill two holes in the separator plate and replace certain springs and that's as difficult as it gets. Nothing to mess up, honestly.

 

I might look.into it, anything to.prolong life!! How do you think it would work if I was able to use a different coolant reservoir moved it wayy up and relocate pcm. Then put battery in its place. I believe it would offer much more room

 

Not sure what "coolant reservoir" you're referring to when it comes to the 4L60E, as the reservoir is the pan. If you route the tranny oil through a nice after market cooler mounted low and in front of the radiator. You could put an inline thermostat on the line w/ its own fan, but that seems overkill to me. I'm wondering if that will keep things cool w/o its own dedicated fan? I mounted an oil cooler in the location I mentioned and will keep an eye on the temps to be certain fluid temps don't exceed the 200+F mark. If temps get above that I'll incorporate a dedicated fan.