there was a write up a couple weeks ago. i think Arisley was looking at building a new set of cables i think he used 00 welding leads... not sure what he decided on the connectors... as for batteries i use Diehard gold.. i havent had too much of an issue with oreilly's parts theyre always willing to help out when i go in, and their lifetime warranty is pretty good!

 

Thought about machining some new ends from solid copper and silver braze the cables to them??

You can buy standard ends made of copper. But if to decide to make a duplicate of that big ugly passenger side positive end, let me know. If they aren't too expensive I want one.

 

If you have the time and money to machine ends for the cables, just go buy the factory cable, it's only like $115.

Dave

 

Dave
You're right, it would be cheaper to just buy them, the only thing I was thinking is that they would be much more reliable with custom ones. I have to clean mine at least once a month and they are in bad shape. But then again they are 10 years old! I suppose a new set would last at least 10 more years, probably the life of the truck??? Thanks

Whit

 

I used the MotorCraft MAX's from O'Rileys on my early 99, I was very pleased with them, and the warranty is UNMATCHED from any I have seen. 4 yr free replacement, and 108 months total. THAT IS 9 YRS!

 

Batteries were too weak to start the truck last night so I ended up getting the "super start extreme" 84 month 3 year free replacement batts. They were $92.99 each. The Motorcraft were $129.00 each with three year free replacement but now 100 month warranty rather than 108? Guess everyone is cutting back now days??

Anyway the cables are still shot but I did manage to get them off and back on and working until I can decide which way I want to go to replace them.