Cannot find a really good Big 3 (battery cable) write up
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Year: 1997
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I've looked and looked but can't find a good write up on this with pics. I'm sure once I get my eyes on the actually wiring in the jeep it'll be easier, but it's dark out and I'm on a mission to find a good write up. Anyone?? Jeep is a 1997 xj. Thanx
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Yes thanks Jon. I found your name on a very old post so I wasn't even sure if the email was still correct lol. Thanks for getting back to me though!
You're quite welcome. As I said - I may become OBE, but I'm not ignoring anyone! Things just get a little stupid for me from time to time...
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Uugh, I decided NOT to buy my cables from 5-90 because I needed to complete the project over a day or so (damn catastrophic failures).
I really regret it - crimping turned into a nightmare and I messed up my measurements and ended up junking some expensive wire because I cut it too short. His cables are above top notch, I wouldn't even waste my time with making them myself if I were to do it again.
I really regret it - crimping turned into a nightmare and I messed up my measurements and ended up junking some expensive wire because I cut it too short. His cables are above top notch, I wouldn't even waste my time with making them myself if I were to do it again.
Uugh, I decided NOT to buy my cables from 5-90 because I needed to complete the project over a day or so (damn catastrophic failures).
I really regret it - crimping turned into a nightmare and I messed up my measurements and ended up junking some expensive wire because I cut it too short. His cables are above top notch, I wouldn't even waste my time with making them myself if I were to do it again.
I really regret it - crimping turned into a nightmare and I messed up my measurements and ended up junking some expensive wire because I cut it too short. His cables are above top notch, I wouldn't even waste my time with making them myself if I were to do it again.
Seriously, most people don't realise that a certain amount of thinking and experience goes into this. I am assisted by a couple of things:
- A couple of decades of doing mechanical work of all sorts (save body work. I'm an engineer, not an artist.)
- Plenty of screwups of my own, and the experience from those fine-tuning my techniques (same was I learned how to design things that don't break. I've designed plenty of things that damned sure DID break - then I tore them to bits to find out WHY they broke, and what I could do about it. Sometimes, I just needed a process change. Sometimes, I had to scrap it and start over. Usually, it was somewhere in between...)
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https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/cor...battery+cabled
This is very detailed.
I just finished my mains cabling from Jon ( aka 5-90). Great product.
This is very detailed.
I just finished my mains cabling from Jon ( aka 5-90). Great product.
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