Loose crimp connectors on power cables.....

[Davrianman]

Hi all,

I just found a problem with my battery cables that I thought may be of interest. On my battery and earth cables, you can pull the crimp connectors free with a pair of pliers!! This could explain the recent problems people have had with bad earths and poor starting...

I have now re-crimping all my cables using a hydraulic crimping machine from where I work. It commpresses the crimp in a hexagon die rather than using a 'pin' to deform the crimp. This results in the cable being tightly gripped and I am sure less resistance at high currents.

Just a thought to check if you have poor starting...

Cheers,
Mart

[crafty]

I hate crimp connectors for that very reason. I went through my loom and soldered mine.

[ROWDYRENAULT]

Guys At least here in the states a really good way to get a good cable back to the starter is go to a welding supply store. They usually have some very high end multi strand cables and proper ends that they make up as ground wires for welding

[ezakimak]

Let me guess
copper cable
aluminum end
steel bolt and steel tab that it is being connected to.

can anyone else see a problem with the dis-similar metals being used?

you should at least try and get some bi-metalic connector so that the copper aluminimum reaction doesent occour.

let me know if you need a source.

[jschwartz]

Like Crafty said.
Use a small propane torch and solder them.
Jeff Schwartz