Positive battery connector
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What car? Kind of important.
Typically, the positive cable connector is an 'all or nothing' thing from the OEM standpoint. You'll have to replace the entire cable to get just that end. Or get that new cable, then cut it and splice it to your current cable as needed, but I'd not recommend that. Too much possibility for failure that way.
You can also get an aftermarket terminal. Get a *good* one, not one at (insert cheap discount place), and not even the cheap ones at (insert any auto parts store). ABSOLUTELY do not get this kind: https://www.walmart.com/ip/ROAD-POWE...minal/22452726. The reason is that the two bolts used are going to strip the holes they're screwed into on the terminal, and therefore cause bad connections.
Something like this for the cable end: https://www.walmart.com/ip/5pcs-Bron...eeve/960905723
And then this to attach that to: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Performan...1687/994596718
would be a better alternative. That's similar to how my '06s positive terminal is set up.
You could also go to car-part.com and enter your car's information and maybe find a junkyard to acquire the entire cable.
And when you're all done redoing the terminals, go read this, it might help prevent the issue if it was a corrosion problem: https://themustangsource.com/forums/...4/#post6917899
Hope that helps, good luck!
Typically, the positive cable connector is an 'all or nothing' thing from the OEM standpoint. You'll have to replace the entire cable to get just that end. Or get that new cable, then cut it and splice it to your current cable as needed, but I'd not recommend that. Too much possibility for failure that way.
You can also get an aftermarket terminal. Get a *good* one, not one at (insert cheap discount place), and not even the cheap ones at (insert any auto parts store). ABSOLUTELY do not get this kind: https://www.walmart.com/ip/ROAD-POWE...minal/22452726. The reason is that the two bolts used are going to strip the holes they're screwed into on the terminal, and therefore cause bad connections.
Something like this for the cable end: https://www.walmart.com/ip/5pcs-Bron...eeve/960905723
And then this to attach that to: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Performan...1687/994596718
would be a better alternative. That's similar to how my '06s positive terminal is set up.
You could also go to car-part.com and enter your car's information and maybe find a junkyard to acquire the entire cable.
And when you're all done redoing the terminals, go read this, it might help prevent the issue if it was a corrosion problem: https://themustangsource.com/forums/...4/#post6917899
Hope that helps, good luck!
Last edited by houtex; Jan 6, 2020 at 07:33 PM.
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I would go with complete OEM-equivalent cable because I would not be comfortable with splicing. That cable needs to be good because it carries a lot of juice when starting the car, and the computers in the modern cars are dependent on getting good voltage from the battery, or they can go all kinds of crazy.
Last edited by Bert; Jan 7, 2020 at 12:02 PM.
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