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Old 04-15-2011, 10:16 AM
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Positive Battery Cable

i have a 1987 pontiac Trans am and i want to replace the positive battery cable on it...the cable i got from autozone had the one big wire going into the side post and on little on with a wire crimper on the end..now the problem is, my cable i have on the car now has 3 leads going to the side post, the big wire and 2 smaller wires, i am wondering where i can get a 3 lead cable that i have on my car...
Old 04-15-2011, 10:28 AM
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Re: Positive Battery Cable

Easiest is to crimp your own.
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Re: Positive Battery Cable

Been there, done that. Run double 12 ga. wries off the single 10 ga. pigtail that's sticking out of the new battery cable.
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