Did I do this battery terminal switch ok or is it jerry rigged? (PICS)

[wayneboard2]

OK so I have had issues with this 2000 4 runner V6 with regards to a lot of corrosion build up on the post. It gets so bad Usually in the winter, where to car won't start because of the bad connection and the cold that I have to stand out there and freeze my tail off wiggling the connections til it starts. I decided to change over the connections to brass ones and picked them up in town. Well, my problem was that once I got the old ones off and cleaned up the posts and all that I realized it was a different connection. My closest auto parts store only sells this type of connection or the whole new wire which was mroe than I wanted to spend. So I kinda rigged it this way (SEE PICS)

I cut the wires and instead of having them all on 1 screw per post, they are stil lon the same connection but seperated if that makes sense. The car starts fine and runs fine, nothing SEEMS to be wrong, but I'm sort of new to this car/truck DIY thing and want to make sure I'm not doing some boneheaded move.

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[wayneboard2]

here is the negative closeup

 

[wayneboard2]

here is the positive closeup

 

[wayneboard2]

oh and FYI the purple goo on the terminals is the anti corrosion stuff. It's supposed to be there.

 

[MARSHALLMAY]

you might want to lengthen your body ground on the - terminal if your battery moves it could break the wire or pull the terminal off of the battery.

 

[wayneboard2]

you might want to lengthen your body ground on the - terminal if your battery moves it could break the wire or pull the terminal off of the battery.

Good call, I did wonder about that as I was looking at the pics I took. I will do that this weekend, thanks!

 

[99t4rweos]

Problems can happen with these types of terminals and possilbly the way you have them attached.

1- The corrosion problem is due to battery fumes venting from the battery. If the battery is OK then you might wait. if it is marginal, get a higher quality one. Which leads to the second part of this answer, any time you have exposed wiring strands, you are inducing corrosion at the exposed area and down stream from there into the cable. They should have been crimped with a eyelet and heat shrinked on the end at least.

2- The way the primary and the aux. leads at each post are clamped down in the termnal, the large lead may be preventing a good tight crimp on the small lead. I would use one of the clamp down bolts for the small lead.

I totally understand the money issue , but the whole cable is the way to go. Try Napa

JMO