Hi Earle,
If we ream out the terminals and clean their bolts, like you do,
right? Then complicate things further by buying a bigger new battery
that's terminals are on the other end, or we just put the battery in
backwards, then Murphy's Law may catch us. Fortunately most of the cars
I have to work on have a starter solenoid near by to help determine
their polarity.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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Earle Horton wrote:
>
> I find that a pair of heavy duty duck billed snap ring pliers, or two large
> screwdrivers, can be used to correct the problem, where the small clamp
> terminal won't fit over the big battery post. Then if you turn the battery
> 180º, you can usually make the cables reach.
>
> Earle

 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the help. I did make it home with no problems and found
that the 14 gauge fuse link was blown and the radio fuse was also gone.
I got 10ft of the stuff from my local parts store for $2.49! All
works well now and the Jeep is ready for its 190,000th mile next week
:). Guess I did get lucky with the alternator!

For the curious, the posts on the battery are different sizes. I put
after market brass clamps on some time back and connected the positive
post first. It was too small but I figured the new battery had bigger
posts and pried open the clamp a bit. When I tried to put the negative
clamp on - touching off the fireworks show, it dawned on me that the
posts were different sizes for a reason!

Thanks again,
Steve

 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the help. I did make it home with no problems and found
that the 14 gauge fuse link was blown and the radio fuse was also gone.
I got 10ft of the stuff from my local parts store for $2.49! All
works well now and the Jeep is ready for its 190,000th mile next week
:). Guess I did get lucky with the alternator!

For the curious, the posts on the battery are different sizes. I put
after market brass clamps on some time back and connected the positive
post first. It was too small but I figured the new battery had bigger
posts and pried open the clamp a bit. When I tried to put the negative
clamp on - touching off the fireworks show, it dawned on me that the
posts were different sizes for a reason!

Thanks again,
Steve

 

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the help. I did make it home with no problems and found
that the 14 gauge fuse link was blown and the radio fuse was also gone.
I got 10ft of the stuff from my local parts store for $2.49! All
works well now and the Jeep is ready for its 190,000th mile next week
:). Guess I did get lucky with the alternator!

For the curious, the posts on the battery are different sizes. I put
after market brass clamps on some time back and connected the positive
post first. It was too small but I figured the new battery had bigger
posts and pried open the clamp a bit. When I tried to put the negative
clamp on - touching off the fireworks show, it dawned on me that the
posts were different sizes for a reason!

Thanks again,
Steve