battery connection problems....

[supastang03]

my battery died, and the terminals from the car to the battery became completely oxidized/worthless. so i bought a new battery and new connections for the wires, but those old connections just will not come off. will i be ok cutting them off, and then splicing a new section into the new lead connectors? theyre very thick wires, so im thinking this will be trickier than it looks...

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Cut them off and mount the new ones. Use bolt cutters or a hack saw. Did you get some pretty nice battery terminal conectors? There are some damn cool ones out there...

 

[supastang03]

hmm i guess ill give this a shot over the weekend.

are you serious about "cool" battery terminal connectors...hah...i just got your run-of-the-mill advance autoparts lead terminals...

 

[Kilgore Trout]

 

[Stang|ess]

where'd you get those, killy?

 

[supastang03]

sweeeet

 

[DTNODYA]

I used these and some vaseline on the terminals .. haven't had any corrosion at all.



The ones that Kilgore posted are badass!!

 

[Kilgore Trout]

where'd you get those, killy?

I just did a quick GIS those are not mine. There really are some very nice battery terminals out there... Boat stores usually stock some nice ones.

 

[supastang03]

ill have to check those out i guess...gotta make the redtop look nice..

hey KT, totally off topic, but ive always wondered-what exactly does "kilgore trout" mean/stand for etc..?

 

[Mustang5L5]

Another cool terminal is the one with the built in voltmeter

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[JimC]

I had corrision on my terminals and it took a few tries to finally stop it from returning. I cleaned the teminals first with dremel/wire brush then clean with a mixture of baking soda and water to remove any final deposits. Cleaned again with wire brush. Final added a felt washer and smeared the terminal and connector with diletric grease. That solved the problem

 

[Skud]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooOOOOoooooo...

Riley