3 way battery terminal

Willl · Nov 29, 2012

Soundguy said:
hey now.. that's pretty darn neat!

Yes, me thinks I'm going to need a trip to HF.

At work I do quite a few of the 12-10 yellow crimps and these old hands are not what they use to be.

camshawn · Nov 29, 2012

I would drive to a your local battery supply store (not an auto parts store but one that just sells batteries) with your bucket truck next season and they should have all the possible crimp end and tools on site to fix you up. The shop we use has T type crimp lugs in stock.
2/0 Battery wire and welding wire is quite often larger than building wire of the same size. 2/0 is not always 2/0. For 2/0welding I would buy 3/0 crimp lugs and then crimp with a 3/0 die, check fit and quite often recrimp with a 2/0 die if I was not happy with the job. 2/0 crimp fittings do not always fit. some wire seems larger and some smaller nowadays.
Cam.

JJZ 109 · Nov 29, 2012

camshawn said:
I would drive to a your local battery supply store (not an auto parts store but one that just sells batteries) with your bucket truck next season and they should have all the possible crimp end and tools on site to fix you up. The shop we use has T type crimp lugs in stock.
2/0 Battery wire and welding wire is quite often larger than building wire of the same size. 2/0 is not always 2/0. For 2/0welding I would buy 3/0 crimp lugs and then crimp with a 3/0 die, check fit and quite often recrimp with a 2/0 die if I was not happy with the job. 2/0 crimp fittings do not always fit. some wire seems larger and some smaller nowadays.
Cam.

We don't have any businesses in my area that specialize in batteries, only the usual retail outlets and auto repair places. It looks like the problem should be solved for years to come with the arrival of the new cable.

dstig1 said:
Sorry - I wasn't clear. Tousely has been good on parts overall for me. It is their car sales side that is slimy

You were clear enough. I just wanted to mention that to this point my parts experience has been satisfactory. I live in northern NY, in the Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence river area so I likely won't be truck shopping with Tousely anytime soon.

Besides that, I like the guys that I deal with who've been in the same old tiny building since 1916 selling Fords.

Soundguy · Nov 29, 2012

Willl said:
Yes, me thinks I'm going to need a trip to HF.

At work I do quite a few of the 12-10 yellow crimps and these old hands are not what they use to be.

i think i'm gonna have to as well.

as many old tractors as i have.. I'm always doing something with heavy bat or welding cables.. etc..

JJZ 109 · Nov 30, 2012

The new cable arrived today. Sure enough, big heavy duty sucker just like the original one on the old '97. But I suppose since a Ford parts place gave me the part number after getting my VIN & vehicle description it probably should be just like the original. :laughing:
The truck really does only get around 3k miles of seasonal use put on it every year. But I elected to listen to Chris & Brian and fix it hopefully once for many years to come.

Willl · Dec 1, 2012

JJZ 109 said:
The new cable arrived today. Sure enough, big heavy duty sucker just like the original one on the old '97. But I suppose since a Ford parts place gave me the part number after getting my VIN & vehicle description it probably should be just like the original. :laughing:
The truck really does only get around 3k miles of seasonal use put on it every year. But I elected to listen to Chris & Brian and fix it hopefully once for many years to come.

Awesome JZ, the high road for sure. Don't forget some form of anti corrosive protection. I prefer the felt washers myself.

SG, check it out. Wasn't expecting the blow mold case

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If everything works as stated, I'll post a update in the HF thread. First lesson thou, get the size correct or it'll get squished up good.

JJZ 109 · Dec 1, 2012

Willl said:
Awesome JZ, the high road for sure. Don't forget some form of anti corrosive protection. I prefer the felt washers myself.

SG, check it out. Wasn't expecting the blow mold case .

If everything works as stated, I'll post a update in the HF thread. First lesson thou, get the size correct or it'll get squished up good.

I have to make a trip to the local HF today anyway. I may grab one of those crimpers to have on hand, as there are other batteries/wire ends, etc. on the bucket truck. The hydraulics run off a couple of deep cell batteries separate from the batteries that start the truck.
I found a 20% off coupon online. Not sure if it'll work with the sale price on the crimper, but will give it a shot and report back.
Here's the link to the coupon: http://i47.tinypic.com/2aiqbr7.jpg
Might also grab one of these for the small stuff: Ratcheting crimping tool.
BTW, here's the new truck cable: