I recently purchased this truck and it has an old 6V battery on a shelf under the hood that needs replaced and I noticed it has a battery shelf under the passenger floorboard (no battery installed). I quickly looked at the wires and it looks like both positive leads go to the starter (on two different locations) and each negative lead go to a starting solenoid (one lead on each side of the solenoid). I never worked on a 6V system before. The only reason I can think of for two batteries wired like this is that the second battery is only used for starting purposes.

Any thoughts?


Colton Kenshol
Hermiston, Oregon

1950 Chevy 3100
216 Motor
Mostly Original..