Missing starter wire.

[stangzroastrice]

I'm missing the main starter wire that goes to the side of the starter solenoid that the battery terminal goes on. Seems like its just a certain gauge wire wired to the starter itself so I was curious, what size gauge wire should I buy at Radioshack to use for my high torque mini starter? (by the way, its not the little wire that comes with the high torque mini starters which goes on the positive side of the starter solenoid, its the starter wire that goes on the solenoid with everything else.)
let me know thanks

 

[jrichker]

If your old starter wire is in good shape,then re-use it. That means no corrosion, no broken insulation, no bare spots, no broken lugs on the ends.

OR go to the auto parts store and get the starter wire for your car. It needs to be a 4 gauge size wire or bigger. The starter wire can carry 200 amps on a cold day, so wire from Radio Shack isn't going to be big enough to do a good job.

 

[stangzroastrice]

ttt

 

[stangzroastrice]

Yeah I don't have one at all so I need to find one somehow because it doesn't seem like parts stores carry it.
Could you link me to somewhere that does?
Would Napa have it?
thanks man

 

[jrichker]

Just use a string to measure the lenght & take the measurement (or string) to the auto parts store. Then find a 4 gauge cable with lugs on both ends that is the same length. Any of the big auto parts chain stores have starter wires displayed out where you can pick your own wire.

 

[HISSIN50]

JR is spot on. When I was redoing the alternator cable on the '94, I think I recall seeing generic 4 AWG cable (with standard eyelet lugs on each end) up to around 5 or 6' long, and that was at a dippy store.

That would work if calling parts stores for a dedicated (application-specific) cable does not yield anything.

And just in case...... numbers are inversely proportionate to cable size. A 4 AWG cable is smaller than a 2 AWG cable. Stick with 4AWG or numerically smaller, like JR said.