re-doing battery compartment & Cables

[Tom]

Bob there should be places where you live that will either let you borrow
or rent a large pair of crimpers to put the cable ends on. Advance Auto
here has a pair and I am sure NAPA does also. Crimping the terminals like
this and then putting heavy wall heat shrink on them will give you the
lowest resistance terminations. When the crimp is completed you will not be
able to either remove or loosen the cables within the terminal. This crimp
virtually forms a solid mass within the terminals mating the cable to the
terminal end. Believe me it works and is the method used by power companies
etc.


Tom
1982 FC35
Vernon Center, NY
In the beautiful Mohawk Valley


At 01:08 AM 4/16/2005 +0000, you wrote:

>Well, after all the comment's I might have to reconsider my method's.
>I have used the solder connection in the past and it always seemed to
>work good. I used it on my 84pt and it seemed to work very well for a
>number of years. I always heated both the wire and the fitting before
>inserting the cable into the hot solder. used heat shrink on the cable
>and it always seemed to be ok. I wonder what the difference in
>resistance is in copper direct verses the solder direct? Now I have to
>give this lot's of thought. I have the old charger's out and all the
>trays sandblasted , now Iam ready to do the epoxy paint. Thanks for the
>input and I welcome any more suggestions. I really like doing the
>solder