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Jun 13, 2025 | 05:05 PM

First Stingray

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battery ground wire replacment

I inadvertently broke the ground wire for the neg connection of the battery. Any thoughts on if its a DIY job or do I need to have dealer do? Thanks.

Jun 13, 2025 | 05:21 PM

Dale96

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I did the same thing-I soldered a new piece on an put a new terminal on it-if you have a soldering gun you should be able to do it-

Jun 13, 2025 | 06:08 PM

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A dealer ??…if you can’t do it any repair shop can…the dealer will tell you that the cables will need replacement…I replaced both of my battery terminals with copper lugs using a hydraulic crimper.

Jun 13, 2025 | 07:39 PM

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I was able to strip the existing wire and crimp a new connector. I was over thinking this. New battery works fine. Only issue now is the tire psi is not reading. Not sure what I need to do for that to read the psi. Don't remember that as an issue last battery change.

Jun 14, 2025 | 12:52 AM

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I would agree, if you can solder wires together, you should be able to do the repair.

Jun 14, 2025 | 08:22 AM

Tinkertech

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I reused the old lug, uncrimped it, stripped the wire, re-crimped the lug onto the wire, soldered the lug/wire using very little solder, added stiff heat shrink tubing with sealant,

It isn't going anywhere.

Jun 14, 2025 | 08:39 AM

jjuliano

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I inadvertently broke the ground wire for the neg connection of the battery. Any thoughts on if its a DIY job or do I need to have dealer do? Thanks.

I soldered a 6 inch piece of wire to the existing broken wire and back on to the O ring connector. This also creates a little extra slack to eliminate the risk of breaking it again.

Jun 14, 2025 | 01:55 PM

Bill Dearborn

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I soldered a 6 inch piece of wire to the existing broken wire and back on to the O ring connector. This also creates a little extra slack to eliminate the risk of breaking it again.

When this happened to my brand-new 15 Z06, I started getting charge system error messages, so I took it to the dealer. The mechanic found the broken wire and fixed the problem the same way. In over nine years, the problem hasn't reoccurred.

Bill