I see

 

Yeah thats the issue now, i can get a cheap hammer crimper and/or we have a drill press although not sure if that would help at all. Impossible to do the main cables with the hammer crimper?

 

you need a lot of pressure, a hydraulic crimper would be best so there is no air in the crimp

 

Does anyone know if the positive cable (starter and crossover) are the same size? Both 2/0? I don't have the truck in front of me so I wanted to see if anyone knows.

 

IIRC stock pos cable is battery to starter is 2/0 and battery to battery is 1/0

 

I've read that too and thats what i'm confused about. If i were running a flag terminal, i'd need to get it for 2/0 then. would i have considerable issue crimping a 1/0 in the 2/0 opening? i think its only a 0.05" diff

 

why not get a new cable made and then there wont be an issue for a very long time


I know you are trying to save some money but the crimper alone is 200 to do it right

 

I picked up a cheap, 10 ton die crimper for $40, was going to give that a shot

 

A lot of flag terminals are made for a range of gauges. Try to find one that will do 1/0 and 2/0.

 

I got copper lugs at ACE hardware and I used stranded copper welding cable from Air Gas. The sell it by the foot in any AWG you want, but then I own a Western Union style crimper too. I tinned the business ends before I put them in the lugs and crimped them. No issues in the last 3 years,

 

I ended up buying the positive cable harness.....by the time i was done trying to do it myself i could have bought it new....so i did. We don't have anything special on the truck and if we go that route, i can always rework it. I'm just going to "re-terminal" the negative side.

Thanks for all the help/ideas.