Cleaning up a couple of things that I want to respond to:
1. I did not try to pull start it because I am working on it with nobody to help, so that is not a good option in general.
2. The answer to HotRod Lincoln regarding voltage. I was reading 6.14 - 6.25 volts when the batter was not being used, just installed with the key off. When I cranked it would drop to the 4.75-5.00 volt levels until it stopped rotating and then would drop even more, as expected. I also measured voltages across the cables to see if there was loss of voltage in the cable and there was no measureable voltage drop. Of course, current delivery would be a different question but I don't have a meter that could handle currents that high. If I checked the batter right after cranking it would pop back up to 6.10 - 6.20. I consider that pretty normal. When I had the charger on the batter in boost mode the voltage would be up around 6.75 - 6.9 volts and that didn't even help an appreciable amount.
My son has a 216 babbit pounder that will run. I may swap out the 235 for now and rebuild it later, once I can get the truck further along the rebuild path and can enjoy it some.
