I had to cut off the connectors for the battery terminals. I put on generic connectors. Now the battery connection often seems to short out. I bang around on the terminals and the connection comes back to life and the truck starts, but its getting old!
It seems hard to change the battery cables out on a Ford F150 so how do I do a proper connector installation to avoid my problem?
2007-12-02 02:55:46 · 5 answers · asked by ARunningMan123 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
sounds like you didn't get a good connection at the point where the cable go's into the terminal where the 2 bolts are at. take it apart and clean it really good then put it all back together and clean the battery lugs and inside the new terminals as well with a battery brush. before you put it back together. Make sure the two bolts on the connection are tight.
2007-12-02 03:05:51 · answer #1 · answered by jim h 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the clicking sound is the starter solenoid final. This exhibits that there is adequate voltage from the battery to activate its coil. although, whilst the solenoid contacts close, the heavy contemporary draw of the starter passing by a severe resistance in the circuit is dropping the voltage all the way down to the factor that the solenoid drops out. This gets rid of the load from the circuit, the voltage comes back up, and the technique repeats. in case you're confident your battery is nice, the subject would be in the battery cable(s). the two the connectors to the battery posts, solenoid, starter, or floor are actually not sparkling and tight, or the cable connection to the connectors may well be defective. verify the two ends of the two warm and floor cables for cleanliness and tightness. seem for any corrosion and/or looseness the place the cables enter the connectors. With great care, often times a jumper cable may well be used to quickly connect the battery warm terminal directly to the starter terminal to substantiate that it will crank and that issue is in the intermediate cabling.
2016-10-10 01:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you can do is buy new battery cables and replace them. Those ends that you put on are junk, good only for emergency repair. You maybe able to find a shop that will crimp new clamps onto the existing cables>
2007-12-02 03:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by Ron B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My 1992 would not start yesterday. Tried everything I could think of. Damn it, if it isn't one thing it is another. Like a fool, i had the engine replaced with a rebuilt and it stopped smoking but has 10 new problems. I am so gd frustrated.
Cables? Hell, it could be a dozen reasons. Ford makes money on selling new trucks and to hell with you when all the bad engineering begins to show. Name one decent American vehicle today. Just one! There is no regulation and the buyer be damned.
2007-12-02 03:07:26 · answer #4 · answered by NYC Sewers 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to your local parts store & purchase new battery cables. They come in various lengths & gages. The ends are already on the cables.
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2007-12-02 03:08:53 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋