Battery cable end broken

[TShikoski]

In antitipation of the cold weather and white stuff which soon will be flying, I replaced the battery in my TD. Upon unbolting the cable ends, I discovered a crack in the positive terminal end, and the negative end just broke when I tried to bolt it back to the new battery. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding replacement of these cables or just the cable ends.



All help appreciated.



Tom

 

[cguthrie]

If you can get the end's replaced i'd do that. I just bought a new positive cable at the dealership and it was $68. They don't sell the negative there. $68 was wholesale price too, the guy behind the counter said he didn't want to sell it for $100.



Chris

 

[tugboatphil]

Tom,



Go to a battery store, or a commercial electrical supply company. I think the wire I got was 2 gauge. They'll cut it to length and you'll $ave lot$ of money!



I got new end fittings at the battery store. The electrical supply place would probably not have those. But I got replacements for both sides for under $40 and they were heavy duty.

 

[Deerhound]

check out custombattercables.com. Some of the products seem interesting. Nice large cables and top of the line connectors.



Dale

 

[JFaughn]

Try napa , for that kind of $$$ you could buy the tools and boxes of ends and go into buisness , I paid about 98. 00 for the 3 ft. crimping tool from snap on , and you can get almost any cable end you may need in bulk at napa. If it wasn't for the current fuel prices you could drive here and I would crimp on a new end for 5. 00.

 

[ARhine]

waytekwire.com also has everything you would need to make your own quality cables. I have ordered lots of other stuff from them, all quality stuff so far.

 

[Paychk]

This place has compression style battery terminals that a DIY can install with simple hand tools:



http://www.wranglernw.com/commerce/ShowCategory.asp?CategoryID=61

 

[TShikoski]

Great tips guys. Thanks for all of your help. I am going to see if I can find someone locally who might have a crimper and then get some welding cable and terminals from NAPA.



Thanks again,



Tom

 

[TShikoski]

Thanks Alan, I like that solution best of all. It looks like a more positive connection for the wire. With some dialetric grease on the wire, these should do the trick.



Tom