 How were all of the red positive wires originally attached to the battery terminal?, ...and best practices to un-DAPO these same wires? |
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| 914rrr |
 Apr 28 2026, 10:46 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,073 Joined: 1-July 03 From: McMinnville, TN Member No.: 874 Region Association: South East States  |
I have a sloppy DAPO red positive wires and cheapo aftermarket positive battery terminal situation and would appreciate best solution to tidy these up, make better connections, etc.
This also makes me curious about how 4-6 wires were originally run to the positive battery terminal from the factory.  |
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| 914rrr |
May 10 2026, 10:18 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,073 Joined: 1-July 03 From: McMinnville, TN Member No.: 874 Region Association: South East States |
Here's what I was going to do, until I figured out it wouldn't clear the rain tray... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
 Here's what I ended up doing...  Both types of battery terminals were sourced from Wally World. The last one is their "Heavy Duty" battery terminal pair, about $8 IIRC for both + and -. The non-insulated ring terminals came from a local Ace Hardware store. I was able to squeeze two positive leads in each of those 2 ring terminals MOL like the factory did. I have a decent ratcheting crimp tool to squish them with, which helped. The extra lead not on the larger terminal bolt is power for the rear trunk solenoid. I'm planning on moving it to another 12v power source later. |
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914rrr How were all of the red positive wires originally attached to the battery terminal? Apr 28 2026, 10:46 PM
Krieger It's called a battery block positive terminal.... Apr 29 2026, 12:05 AM Dlee6205 I hate those aftermarket battery terminals that cl... Apr 29 2026, 05:58 AM Chad911sc I went with these that I purchased from Amazon. Cl... Apr 29 2026, 06:31 AM burton73 Battery hook up PMB way
Best Bob B Apr 29 2026, 10:43 AM mjrrti
I have a sloppy DAPO red positive wires and cheap... Apr 29 2026, 10:25 PM barefoot I took a different approach by installing a 1 in/4... Apr 30 2026, 06:06 AM
DRPHIL914
I took a different approach by installing a 1 in/... May 4 2026, 09:57 AM barefoot
[quote name='barefoot' post='3255330' date='Apr 3... May 6 2026, 07:26 AM TRP @krieger had it right, here is the original set u... Apr 30 2026, 08:07 AM wonkipop
@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?show... May 4 2026, 05:32 PM FlacaProductions I did what @barefoot did - but mine is mounted a... Apr 30 2026, 09:03 AM Root_Werks If I remember correctly, the factory connected wir... Apr 30 2026, 09:12 AM 930cabman
If I remember correctly, the factory connected wi... May 1 2026, 05:59 PM TRP I agree with @Root_Werks, not the most elegant so... Apr 30 2026, 10:03 AM anderssj
"as was" factory set up
I also did wh... Apr 30 2026, 10:09 AM burton73 One more shot of the clean way PMB did this
Best ... Apr 30 2026, 02:40 PM Artfrombama RE: How were all of the red positive wires originally attached to the battery terminal? Apr 30 2026, 06:33 PM 914rrr
Q; how did the factory mount those 2 ring ter... May 1 2026, 03:43 PM 914rrr What I'm thinking of using is this terminal I ... May 1 2026, 03:50 PM 914rrr This pic brings up another question.
The OG 4 re... May 1 2026, 03:58 PM JeffBowlsby At the battery:
70-72 914s had 3 red wires
73-74 ... May 2 2026, 07:18 AM wonkipop i sorted this out on mine a couple of months ago w... May 4 2026, 04:03 AM FlacaProductions A lot of great info on the engine bay red wires he... May 4 2026, 10:10 AM DRPHIL914
A lot of great info on the engine bay red wires h... May 5 2026, 08:45 AM wonkipop very nice :beer2:
yeah the old rain tray cleara... May 11 2026, 02:56 AM |
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