I'm packed up for the night, I'll hit it again tomorrow. I tried the hammer and punch method but without having the cable in an actual vice (which I don't have) I didn't get anywhere. I've got it hosed down with PB Blaster, so hopefully it'll be more cooperative tomorrow. I'm determined to not replace this cable, the starter region is an ultra-greasy PITA and I want nothing to do with it
At least I got the new negative cables put in. The passenger side was not fun; the Ford engineer who put the frame ground in THAT spot, with a damn hardline directly over it, is going to hell. The driver side was easy, I just had to scrape away an inch thick layer of mud and grease to spot the darn thing. I took some pics for the heck of it, even following the cable I had a hard time finding where it went, it just vanished in to all the grease.
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It's definitely too much effort for one damn cable, but like I said before, I REALLY don't want to work in the starters neighborhood. I've thought about making my own set of cables before, but I don't have the tools (vice, crimper, torch, etc) or skills to do that job correctly. A new cable from Rock Auto is less than $60, so I'll go that route if I absolutely can not save this cable./QUOTE]
On Rockauto has me confused it has a left negative cable that is way different then OEM an then a left one that is spot on for OEM stock part for negative.
As for the postive cable are our trucks naturally with it an ambulance package or am I miss understanding that whole part I'm wanting to replace mine/have a spare if need be.
P.s sorry to hijack
). I've read about people putting group 31's in these trucks, but iirc you have to mod the battery trays a little bit so the top posts don't hit the hood. I'll do some more reading on that though, just for future information.
