tampaviking

So I decided to beef up the neg. battery cable. It was a little short so it barely made it to the battery from the engine. So after everything is hooked up. Nothing. Just a single click, I tried a few more times same result, put the old one back in and it started. The only thing i can think of is that it was close to the pos. terminal and the rest of the wires hooked to the pos post. Oh and I have a push button start, but it has always worked so far. Thanks for the help.

JakeWI

what kind of mount on the battery are you using? then mounts to the battery.

tampaviking

Nothing fancy just the kind that came on the cable.

JakeWI

hmm. well it wasnt the problem i was going to suggest. im sure you are tightening everything down good because you threw the old one back on and it worked fine. im sorry man i cant think of anything right now.

okcjeeper

My thoughts is this..if the old cable works and the new one does to me that leads to the new cable is bad in some form or fashion. I mean it's not rocket science you have a cable that goes from block to battery post so either the post connect is bad, connect at block or the cable itself..

BlueXJ

Check continuity with a multimeter. See if they failed to strip the plastic outer covering of the wire before they slapped it into the battery end or the block end on the connector.