NE1 replace triple hot battery lead?
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 897
Likes: 0
From: My Own Private Idaho
NE1 replace triple hot battery lead?
Got a 96. There is this fused hot lead connection, with two leads going to local fuse boxes and one disappearing into oblivion (it looks like its getting wrapped into a harness? I hope not as it would be a nightmare to remove.
I have this prob. Turn key to accessory and all lights come on, try to crank and the starter is too much. Nothing. I cleaned these side posts as best as possible and the car starts, and then after a few starts the prob occurs again. I've had this prob on older cars where you can pull off the post or just replace the end connectors, but this triple headed rubber monster is a different animal.
Suggestions?
I have this prob. Turn key to accessory and all lights come on, try to crank and the starter is too much. Nothing. I cleaned these side posts as best as possible and the car starts, and then after a few starts the prob occurs again. I've had this prob on older cars where you can pull off the post or just replace the end connectors, but this triple headed rubber monster is a different animal.
Suggestions?
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 216
Likes: 0
From: Iowa Colony TX
Re: NE1 replace triple hot battery lead? (cgtarga1)
You may have corrosion into the cable. If so, you will need to replace the parts of the cable that are corroded. I would suggest soldering.
When I bought my 96, the positive end was corroded and I had the same trouble you had. I have a can of battery post cleaner with acid detector. It is a foam that is yellow and turns pink if there is acid present. I repeatedly cleaned the cable with this and I have not had any trouble since then.
Ron
When I bought my 96, the positive end was corroded and I had the same trouble you had. I have a can of battery post cleaner with acid detector. It is a foam that is yellow and turns pink if there is acid present. I repeatedly cleaned the cable with this and I have not had any trouble since then.
Ron
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 897
Likes: 0
From: My Own Private Idaho
Re: NE1 replace triple hot battery lead? (his touch)
You may have corrosion into the cable. If so, you will need to replace the parts of the cable that are corroded. I would suggest soldering.
When I bought my 96, the positive end was corroded and I had the same trouble you had. I have a can of battery post cleaner with acid detector. It is a foam that is yellow and turns pink if there is acid present. I repeatedly cleaned the cable with this and I have not had any trouble since then.
Ron
When I bought my 96, the positive end was corroded and I had the same trouble you had. I have a can of battery post cleaner with acid detector. It is a foam that is yellow and turns pink if there is acid present. I repeatedly cleaned the cable with this and I have not had any trouble since then.
Ron
