battery terminal

my negative battery terminal won't stay tight, where would the best place to go buy one, also i notice that when cutting my battery wire it wont be long enough. The mounting at the back does this serve any purpose its a crimp with a bolt attached to the chassis i cant seem to find another one like it, if it useless then i wont worry if it is a grounding point like i suspect, any solutions??

someone shed some light for me
btw the battery is not mine i took the pictue from another thread

 

Mounting point for a chassis earth. Best to keep it.
As for the clamp, I re-did mine years back- just cut the old terminal off, then soldered the frayed wires back together and re-affixed a new clamp.

Your clamp should be fine unless your battery has bad terminal posts? Also look into getting a shim or something for the battery post if your clamps is maxing out and not sitting tight.

 

mine are stock, i meant if i cut the old terminal off and crimp a new one on the cable wont be long enough to reach,

interested about racv, are you sure they provide this service?

 

no they're not

yes, they do. you bought a battery with the wrong kind of terminals, that's the problem.

 

Umm yer they are. The battery hasn't got the wrong terminals. It's just that the actual terminals themselves have lost the ability to tighten enough to clamp on properly. I will post a picture up when I can. I also suspect the corrosion on the negitive cable might be limiting current flow. Again I will post a pic latr

 

that's corrosion on the positive... say it all you want, those aren't the original battery terminals that came with the car. they're aftermarket brass ones.

they haven't lost the ability to tighten, you've got a battery with the wrong terminals on it. the battery you've got is a rare one designed to have a bolt through each terminal, thus the fat hole through each one and the two flat spots... the zed, like most cars, has normal terminals which simply tighten on. thus your problem.

pour some boiling water on the positive terminal to help melt away corrosion.

 

Anti is quite correct.
The other thing is the poles are around the wrong way.
You need the reverse, so the poles are near the firewall to stop strain on the leads.
Nice battery clamp, lousy maintenance

 

Pretty sure this guy said the photo isn't of his battery to which you are all basing your responses on....

 

^^^ Give that bloke a New (Tooheys new... or even a VB if he drinks that crap. Hell, even a swan lager would do the trick...)

Thing is the terminal should be tight. if you can't cut the cable, then shim the terminal, or get a battery that fits.
And just to make it crystal clear:
The battery in that pic IS NOT HIS

 

The battery in the picture is not mine.

I will post up a picture of mine when I can

 

You can get a battery cable with new terminal and about 5 inches of cable that has a special joiner that you just cut the old cable then join the new one via bolts then fit a special cover that comes with it so you have a new cable with terminal. I buy them for $5-6 from a market stall but have seen them also at Auto parts stores for about $15. The look neat and work. My cable was to tight because someone fitted a new terminal ( crap one ) roughly and cut the cable that short it was a bitch.

 

as a quick fix stick some bare wire between the terminal and the post, when you push the terminal on the wire takes up the looseness of the clamp then clamp them up. remember to trim the wire so there can be NO shorts.

 

I know it was not his battery, but there are others that try to "stretch" the leads. because they have the wrong pole battery.
Other people (noobs) read these theads aswell and can learn from them.
Anti put forward the right info as well relating to drilled pole batterys.
All our info was based on battery connections and maintenance in general not directly his.

Based on the photo submitted, whoever owns that car, my statement still stands.
Nice battery clamp, lousy maintenance.

 

parts needed

*Correct size battery terminal.
*distribution block which takes thick wiring
*a few lengths of wire


1. cut off your original terminal
2. install original ground into distribution block
3. Run a nice fat new cable from distribution block to your battery ground(the fattest you possibly can ideally 0 gauge)
4. now you can also run wires from the distribution block to other points in your engine bay, and also extra grounds on the plenum.

 

That's my battery from when I first got the car and was indeed a noob many years ago.



Got some new terminals as advised by some teen at SuperCrap Auto and a quick-fix battery from K-Mart so I could drive it to the compliance shop. Learnt a lot since then....

Now running an Amaron 85D23L 550CCA, runs great with no corrosion - round clamps on square terminals was never a good idea.....

 

Good to see things have changed.
I too have had my share of cruddy looking batterys.
I use the Excide red top batteries from Big W and have had good results.
Mr sheen tends to keep them clean and free from corrosion. (works for me)

 

Baking soda mixed with some hot water works the best. The alkaline soda neutralizes the battery acid and fizzes off all the crap. Hit it with a parts cleaning brush to get the crud off, and it's good as new. Cost one poofteenth of a can of mr sheen too

 

Thanks for that Mitch