So my Jeep has about 120K miles on it, and the battery and ground cables are so worn out and corroded that they aren't worth saving. I wanted to do things right (as opposed to doing things the way the factory had done), so I checked out 5-90's cables on his site and came *this* close to ordering some. At that point my superiority complex kicked in, and I decided I could save some money by making the cables myself. I would probably convince myself I could cast a new engine block in the back yard if I thought I could save a few bucks.
Long story short, after buying all the cabling/connectors/heatshrink I saved about $5 over a set of 5-90's cables including shipping. I spent a good chunk of time cutting, stripping, crimping, and heatshrinking...my crimps are workable but fugly because I wasn't going to spend the money on a heavy cable crimper I'd use 4 times in my life. On top of that, I ended up with all black cable because thats what the local welding shop had.
The moral of the story is:
If you decide to replace your battery mains, just buy the stuff from 5-90 and save yourself the hassle.
Long story short, after buying all the cabling/connectors/heatshrink I saved about $5 over a set of 5-90's cables including shipping. I spent a good chunk of time cutting, stripping, crimping, and heatshrinking...my crimps are workable but fugly because I wasn't going to spend the money on a heavy cable crimper I'd use 4 times in my life. On top of that, I ended up with all black cable because thats what the local welding shop had.
The moral of the story is:
If you decide to replace your battery mains, just buy the stuff from 5-90 and save yourself the hassle.
