lulz, that is pretty surprising.
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lulz, that is pretty surprising.
TheDurk
Elite Member
Not at all.
[MENTION=10169]TheDurk[/MENTION],
Let me clarify.
I'm just not used to seeing terminal corrosion as I rock those felt pad things under each terminal, and clean corrosion pretty consistently with battery terminal cleaner (or coke/soda if I'm out of the cleaner).
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TheDurk
Elite Member
And what I meant was that an invisible terminal issue is no surprise at all as a cause for that symptom set. In fact, it may not have even been corrosion, in which case we would both be right. Sometimes the terminal bolts wear right at a certain point and can no longer apply good tension to the posts. The solder joints to the cable can loosen and break with time, heat cycles and vibration. The cable ends can fatigue and break enough tiny strands that full current can no longer pass. Fifteen or more years is a lot of time on a battery cable, if original. And, if the existing terminal was a bolt-on repair, that was a red flag and we should have started there. Those are only good for "get her back on the road until I can do it right."
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Adding the big 3 doesn't really interfere with oem wiring, but based on what you said, it would be a royal pain to troubleshoot or repair the factory wiring off the positive and negative terminals that bundle up and are impossible to jiggle around or loosen. At least on my 97 [emoji13] [emoji12]
Big 3 is on my ASAP list as well. Last time I was trying to hack the wires together, I was having a lot of trouble with melting the flux core in the end-terminal and getting a clean crimp/etc, at that time I was in the middle of a move and gave up quick. I know, the people who have made perfect wires are probably laughing at me.
I'm only 30 min away from Westminster, let me know if you want to hack at it together sometime.
IBallEngineer
New member
Testing voltage would have clued you in on this a month ago.
For the record, no one is laughing at your trouble soldering. Anyone who has done it well started out doing it poorly. Get it hot, and do it in a vice if you can!
