My negative battery cable rusted and broke off (previous owner put wrong size battery in and I should have caught it). My plan is to take out the battery and use an electric wire brush to clean up and then repaint- expect were the ground goes and reinstall a new cable. Was going to use a 2gauge wire and bolt it around same place. I was also going to use a piece of wood under the battery to keep it from being punctured by the metal sticking up since its a larger footprint battery and new. I will obviously need to strap it down as well.
1. Is there any other better places I should consider bolting the new cable?
2. Does the length of the cable matter? The current one is like 10" and looking at a 20" cable.
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1. Is there any other better places I should consider bolting the new cable?
2. Does the length of the cable matter? The current one is like 10" and looking at a 20" cable.
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