[Tigers] WANTED: Original Battery Terminal Clamp(s)

Sun Nov 14 10:03:37 MST 2021

Ron,

Yes, I have some pictures.  Don’t know how to attach them to a post to the list.  Wish I did.  I would have found our I was full of poo-poo about the positive terminal.  The negative terminal is OK though.

Here’s a picture of the negative piece that Vincent sent me:

Here’s a picture of the Mk I cable I sent him:

And here’s a picture of the cable he made for the Mk II:

Here’s what our Mk I positive terminal had looked like for years and years and years.  

When I asked him to send a positive terminal to replace this mess, I thought it would match the negative terminal—raised letter “P” and all . . .

Not so.  It’s much better than what I had, but still not quite “tits-on” . . .

The original Mk II positive terminal with the raised letter “P":

Well, at least we help with people needing a negative cable/terminal?

There were no part numbers, and they treated the deal as a special order, charging for time + materials. 

The total cost to manufacture a new negative cable and provide a positive terminal was $64.11, paid by PayPal on March 11, 2021.  I thought that was quite fair.

Ramon

P.S.  I jumped on Reply All to respond to you, so the list came up in the CC field.  Don’t have a clue whether it will make the list or not.

On Nov 14, 2021, at 8:00 AM, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:

Ramon
	Excellent find.
Do you have pictures and part numbers for the terminals?
That would make it easier for people to see the parts and order the parts.

Ron Fraser

-----Original Message-----
From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Ramon Spontelli via Tigers
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2021 10:54 PM
To: Tiger List <tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] WANTED: Original Battery Terminal Clamp(s)

<< You might possibly TIG Braze a raised P onto the stamped P clamp. >>

Oh my . . . My oh my . . .

Talk to Vincent at Custom Battery Cables in Apache Junction, Arizona:

Vince at custombatterycables.com

Custom Battery Cables, LLC
2288 S. Idaho Rd., Suite #2
Apache Junction, AZ 85119

480-983-5925

https://www.custombatterycables.com

I found them last year when I was looking for a negative cable for the Mk II.  It came to us with an aftermarket cable in 1985, and it always bugged me greatly.  I sent them pictures of the Mk I cable, along with the length.  I was looking for a new braided cable.  Told them about the raised letter “N” on battery connector/terminal, and said it would be cool if they could duplicate that, but it wasn’t all that important.  

When they came up with a terminal with the raised letter “N,”  I asked them about a positive terminal as well.  The positive terminal on our Mk I succumbed to the corrosion worm years ago.  They came up with a terminal with the raised letter “P” as well. 

They do a very brisk commercial business, but look at little stuff like ours as a welcome relief from the day-in/day-out drudgery of filling orders for hundreds of same/same cables.  If you are not too impatient, they will help you out.

I bought a complete negative/ground cable for the Mk II and a positive connector for the Mk I.  Had to buy a really-really BIG soldering iron to attach the positive connector to the Mk I cable, but it worked out well.  They’ll  build a complete cable for you—any length--if that’s what you want/need.

Ramon

On Nov 11, 2021, at 11:00 AM, tigers-request at autox.team.net wrote:

You might possibly TIG Braze a raised P onto the stamped P clamp.

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