460 positive battery cable replacement
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Are you wanting a molded battery clamp with the dual cables? If you're OK with a clamped connection, I'd find an car audio style battery clamp with multiple cable connections, grab a length of bulk cable, and make my own cable up. If you know a mechanic, electrician, or car audio shop, they should have an indent crimper to put ring terminals on the other end of the cables after you've cut them to length. If you can't find somebody to help, you could also use a hammer crimper (though the connections aren't always as nice as a crimp tool will give).
Edit: here's a few good examples for battery cable clamps
http://www.parts-express.com/cat/bat...ing-blocks/422
Edit: here's a few good examples for battery cable clamps
http://www.parts-express.com/cat/bat...ing-blocks/422
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I was hoping to find something as good as oem. I have never had much luck with clamped battery terminals, but I've only used the ones from fleet farm or napa. I want something sealed that wont be corroded and need to be taken apart and cleaned every year and a half. I've not seen the car audio style clamps, are they reliable? The truck didn't have an original style cable on it, I replaced it with a generic one that ended up being too short and I didn't have it secured well, it bumped the manifold a few times and is damaged. Didn't have any problems, though, until I put my headers in now, and there's no way to route it that keeps it from the heat, so i want to replace it with something that is going to last. I don't have a problem with making my own, but I don't know how long the original was or how it was routed and secured. The motorcraft one has a couple clamps that I assume bolted to the frame, but my buddy at a ford dealership had his parts guy look for one, and could only find one in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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I'll try to remember to take a look at my truck tonight and grab a picture or two of how the stock battery cable is routed.
While doing some searching after my first post, you might want to look at mil-spec battery cable clamps.
Military Battery Terminals
They look like a heavy duty option which can help protect against corrosion if you crimp and heatshrink ring style lugs on your cables. The military clamps are also available with protective boots.
Battery Lugs
Military Battery Terminal Boots
While doing some searching after my first post, you might want to look at mil-spec battery cable clamps.
Military Battery Terminals
They look like a heavy duty option which can help protect against corrosion if you crimp and heatshrink ring style lugs on your cables. The military clamps are also available with protective boots.
Battery Lugs
Military Battery Terminal Boots
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RJM injection tech has all the nice; cable, solder on lugs, shrink tube, insulated covers and military battery connectors you could possibly want.
RJM Injection Tech — Battery Cable Parts
RJM Injection Tech — Battery Cable Parts
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