 Positive battery wire NEW?, 1974 914 1.8 |
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| brcacti |
 Oct 29 2019, 01:12 PM
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1974 914 1.8  Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Hello mechanics and ALL. Someone hinted I probably should buy a new battery cable because of intermittent starting. I have already sanded the ground connection and am now putting on a new trans/ body braided ground strap. MY QUESTION; Do I need to buy a special porsche positive battery wire or just any from the FLAPS?
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| wes |
Oct 29 2019, 01:18 PM
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wes Group: Members Posts: 1,589 Joined: 8-December 07 From: Ukiah Ca Member No.: 8,436 Region Association: Northern California 
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QUOTE(brcacti @ Oct 29 2019, 12:12 PM)  Hello mechanics and ALL. Someone hinted I probably should buy a new battery cable because of intermittent starting. I have already sanded the ground connection and am now putting on a new trans/ body braided ground strap. MY QUESTION; Do I need to buy a special porsche positive battery wire or just any from the FLAPS? I bought mine from one of the members here who I believe made them. |
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| 914 RZ-1 |
Oct 30 2019, 12:22 PM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
I bought one at my FLAPS. Works just fine.
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| dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Oct 30 2019, 12:39 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
the terminal end is a bit different and the length is certain but beyond that the cable from the auto parts store will work, original is black though NOT red (which it should be for positive!)
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| ClayPerrine |
Oct 30 2019, 01:12 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,503 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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I use a braided battery ground cable on all of our 914s.
Looks like the chassis ground strap on the trans, but with a battery cable end on it. |
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| Mikey914 |
Oct 30 2019, 05:16 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,677 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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I can do you one up with the correct terminal block on Monday.
It looks like this https://900designs-container.zoeysite.com/b...tive-terminal-1 Should be under $50 with the correct block and correct longer length. |
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| IronHillRestorations |
Oct 30 2019, 07:55 PM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,724 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None
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If you are talking about the long B+ lead from the battery to the starter, you can use a 6 foot #4 battery cable, and as already posted, it should be black to look right.
The original cable has a 90* battery terminal, with the tap block clamp bolt, like 914rubber reproduces. 9 out of 10 times the red chassis harness leads have non stock ring terminals and are secured to the positive terminal on the clamp bolt. |
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| Morrie |
Nov 1 2019, 05:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 8-October 07 From: Cedar Park, Texas Member No.: 8,198 Region Association: Southwest Region
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QUOTE(Mikey914 @ Oct 30 2019, 06:16 PM) I can do you one up with the correct terminal block on Monday. It looks like this https://900designs-container.zoeysite.com/b...tive-terminal-1 Should be under $50 with the correct block and correct longer length. I just can't visualize how this part attaches to the positive terminal. I have a functional but cruddy positive term clamp. No issues but would be nice to have something that looks tidier, and probably would work better too. Anybody have a picture of how that positive terminal is supposed to look? |
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| Mikey914 |
Nov 1 2019, 08:47 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,677 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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I can post tomorrow
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