FrankReynoldsCPA

Well, after a long time of fighting battery charge issues, I replaced the ends of my battery cables with the ones Toyota should have put on at the factory. I've been having intermittent issues where the battery would apparently not have enough juice to start the car. It turned out my negative terminal wouldn't tighten down all the way anymore. Back in August on my way back from a trip to Colorado, I had to stop and wrap some copper around the terminal in order to form a good connection. Well, fast forward to december and that just wasn't doing it anymore. The cold was draining my battery and the cable wasn't holding tight enough for it to charge very well. Some mornings it just wouldn't start at all and had to be jumped. Yesterday I cut off the old end and added a new one from Napa. I did the positive one a while back(didn't have to cut anything on that one though). Set the battery on a charger for a few hours and it started like a charm last night as well as this morning.

steve2006

Good job done there, could you post up a picture of the new fittings?

FrankReynoldsCPA

Yeah, when it warms up I'll go outside and take a picture.

FrankReynoldsCPA

Lavrishevo

iTrader: (1)

That's a pretty shot right there...

FrankReynoldsCPA

Yeah, the battery's a little dirty....but i did clean the terminals and cable ends. Just barely took the photo on my phone.


EDIT: And anybody who still has the factory cable ends can see that there is a HUGE difference between factory and NAPA. This is one of the few things where I prefer Napa.

usoff89

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That's one of the first things I do when I buy a used car. I personally like the ones with the wing nuts on the top. Makes it so easy to pull the battery or just disconnect it if you have to.

Glad you got it all sorted out.

FrankReynoldsCPA

Yeah, the only thing worse than the factory battery cable ends on this car are side post batteries that GM is fond of. I hated them on my Pontiac.