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Old Jun 23, 2021 | 11:04 PM
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Just picked up a 78 Silver Anniversary. It's been sitting 20 years. Anyways, I put a battery in it and noticed the negative cable had a small extra lead. I'm thinking this isn't factory for my vehicle?
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Rookie guess: they replaced the cable with a parts store cable.....

OR...it's an OEM thing.
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My guess is that it's been replaced with a cable from a different model GM and not a parts store replacement. The factory style ring terminal is what makes me think that instead of it being a generic parts store replacement.
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My guess it was replaced with a GM or Delco replacement part.
I purchased a positive cable decades ago for my 77 from the dealer.
It also has the additional pigtail.
It will be removed at the time of installation if that ever happens.


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Originally Posted by bmotojoe
My guess it was replaced with a GM or Delco replacement part.
I purchased a positive cable decades ago for my 77 from the dealer.
It also has the additional pigtail.
It will be removed at the time of installation if that ever happens.
Don't you have the junction connector in the battery compartment?
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Originally Posted by Mrvettenick
Don't you have the junction connector in the battery compartment?
Junction?

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Isn;'t there a threaded power stud adjacent to the positive post?
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Use it to hard wire your battery tender or cut it off.
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Originally Posted by Mrvettenick
Isn;'t there a threaded power stud adjacent to the positive post?
On both the + & - cables on my 77 there is just the rubber molded ends to battery, or whats left of them...lol


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