Batttery cables

[Mullis23]

hey fellas i am in need of some battery cables both negative and postive. I searched the forum and found custombatterycables.com came up a bunch so i tried there but the website seems to be down and he hasnt emailed me back for two weeks. So i was just wondering if anyone knew anywhere else to get them besides napa. thanks guys

 

[hesutton]

I have no experience with that company, but a lot of guys will simply make their own. Using a large gauge welding cable and crimping or soldering new clamps on the cable.

Heath

 

[ghunt]

I bought mine from Norther Auto Parts a couple years ago...Well, I think I got the positive cable only, I can't remember now? Cost me $110 at the time and that was about the best price I could find.

 

[needboost2live]

i kept my stock wires but cut off the last inch and crimped on some new cables. worked like a dream.

 

[mattplumber]

x2 on just cutting the ends off and redoing them. Its what I did and no more problems whatsoever.

 

[Mullis23]

my truck sat for awhile before i got it. I would just cut the ends off but the insulation has a split right done the center of it. Where it crosses in front of the radiator. So i gotta get some or make some.

 

[HammerDown]

i kept my stock wires but cut off the last inch and crimped on some new cables. worked like a dream.

Pictures please...especially of the passenger side.

 

[idi traveler]

Tractor Suppy has some heavy duty cable ends that are big enough to hold two big welding cables, or just one. When I say big I'm talking thumb size. When I got my truck it had very sloppy home spun cables and that was what I used, I also dipped the ends in a conductive paste and painted the post and termnials with the paste. One of these days I will get some new wire and copper lugs using mil. terminals.

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

my truck sat for awhile before i got it. I would just cut the ends off but the insulation has a split right done the center of it. Where it crosses in front of the radiator. So i gotta get some or make some.

Most likely, the copper itself is still in good condition.

Were it me, I would trot over to Harbor Freight and buy a few packages of their shrink-tube assortments = five four-foot pieces 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 3/4, and inch size.

Clean the old covering as best as possible; pull the splits together as much as possible and hold them together with tightly/neatly wrapped black-tape; then, put two or three layers of the shrink-tube --- one layer at a time of course --- over the entire length.


Split away the old lead terminals with a hack-saw before beginning this repair, retaining as much cable length as possible.


There is absolutely nothing gained by retaining the poor factory design of that mid-cable HOT terminal.

Make that HOT cable into TWO separate cables, WITH COPPER LUGS --- not lead clamps ---, and either connect them to the battery-post via the bolt on
a military battery-clamp, a marine adapter, or a stud-top Group-31 battery.

 

[Optikalillushun]

Most likely, the copper itself is still in good condition.

Were it me, I would trot over to Harbor Freight and buy a few packages of their shrink-tube assortments = five four-foot pieces 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 3/4, and inch size.

Clean the old covering as best as possible; pull the splits together as much as possible and hold them together with tightly/neatly wrapped black-tape; then, put two or three layers of the shrink-tube --- one layer at a time of course --- over the entire length.


Split away the old lead terminals with a hack-saw before beginning this repair, retaining as much cable length as possible.


There is absolutely nothing gained by retaining the poor factory design of that mid-cable HOT terminal.

Make that HOT cable into TWO separate cables, WITH COPPER LUGS --- not lead clamps ---, and either connect them to the battery-post via the bolt on
a military battery-clamp, a marine adapter, or a stud-top Group-31 battery.

pics?

 

[OLDBULL8]

my truck sat for awhile before i got it. I would just cut the ends off but the insulation has a split right done the center of it. Where it crosses in front of the radiator. So i gotta get some or make some.

You can get the plastic split conduit in any size, Just use that across the front.

Try AutoZone for new.

 

[Mullis23]

sorry old bull i should have explained better my cable ends are terrible just all rusted and corroded. The part in front of the radiator is missing alot of insulation so much that there is a two inch by three eights inch slit of open wire.

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

You can get the plastic split conduit in any size,

Yes; do what I said; then, sleeve the cables in plastic split-loom for added safety.

 

[Sycostang67]

O'reilly Auto Parts can get you new Motorcraft cables as well, they have to be ordered though. I got a new positive cable a couple months ago and had no issues with it. It was cheaper than the dealership but I cant remember the exact cost.

 

[6.9l ford]

Carquest sells a 2/0 replacement positive cable, I have it on my truck.
I think it was around $100