Posted: 5/17/2017 12:28:01 PM EDT
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I have been having a strange problem with my truck battery, and I'm wondering if there is any solution.
About 1 month ago I got my truck battery replaced because it had died after only 6 months of use - and now I am having problems with the new one. It seems the positive terminal may be undersized. The ring/cable keeps coming loose on the battery, and when that happens, it won't start. Usually I can jiggle the cable, and then it will work. I have tried tightening the cable, but it appears to be tightened all the way and still isn't tight enough. I must be missing something obvious, right ? I tried cleaning the cable, that didn't help too much. |
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Replace the end on the battery cable. It will only be a few dollars and easily completed.
With a bad connection you are not properly charging the battery either. You could temporarily loosen the cable, shim it with a piece of scrap copper or something and retighten it. Almost anything conductive and making a large amount of contact area would work for an emergency bandaid to your problem. |
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Replace the end on the battery cable. It will only be a few dollars and easily completed. With a bad connection you are not properly charging the battery either. You could temporarily loosen the cable, shim it with a piece of scrap copper or something and retighten it. Almost anything conductive and making a large amount of contact area would work for an emergency bandaid to your problem. |
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Replace the end on the battery cable. It will only be a few dollars and easily completed. With a bad connection you are not properly charging the battery either. You could temporarily loosen the cable, shim it with a piece of scrap copper or something and retighten it. Almost anything conductive and making a large amount of contact area would work for an emergency bandaid to your problem. |