abalagtas

After installing Roger B's HL harness, the terminal on POS cable partially cracked. It's on, but not tight. I don't really need 'bling', but I wouldn't mind extra terminals to hang my accessories on. Also, a cover would be good. I see terminals everywhere, just not sure what I should be looking for. Also, is it easier to cut the cable or pry the old terminal off?

ebelen1

I can't tell you how to install them but I recently got some Monster battery terminals. They seem to meet all the things you're talking about. I'll see if I can get a pic for you.

BTW, how do you like the harness and was it a pretty easy install? I'm still debating on HID's.

Buck01

I did the harness and upgraded the headlights. The harness was very simple to install.
The hardest part about the headlights is getting the grill out of the way on a 94 truck.
I love the light I can see forever. I know I went over board with the bulbs but I hate driving a night. I want to light up the world.

This was the BEST mod I have done so far to my truck!!! Can't say enough about it.

4Crawler

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Usually the old cable ends are lead, cast onto the end of the cable. You can usually split them off with a cold chisel and hammer. Keep the chisel blade in line with the cable end to avoid damaging the conductor. Or you could just replace the cable. When I installed my dual batteries, I cut the old battery terminal off near the fuse box and then spliced that end to a heavier gauge cable to feed power to the box.

abalagtas

Edwin,

The harness was a pretty straight forward install. The hardest part is figuring out where to put the relays and 'black box'. I haven't mounted mine anywhere yet. They are just stuffed behind the fuse box. I will probably just zip tie them to something. Also, I got lazy and didn't replace the fusable links with normal fuses. I will, but I'm going to fix the terminal first. I found some Hella H4 90/130 that I'm going to try out for only $8 at Offroad Warehouse. Before the harness, I had replaced my sealed HL for the Hella Vision Plus and have been happy with them. The harness seemed to make a difference, but that could be just wishfull thinking on my part. I got his harness because I was upgrading the ones in my Previa and figured I would get one for the truck while I was at it.

Roger,

Thanks. I don't think I'll have time to replace the cable. It is too far down the line on my todo list to get ready for DV....Front brakes....repack frt wheel bearings...change gear/tranny oil. I use the DV trip to get my maintenance done. 3wks can't wait!

4Crawler

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I still have the relays and box stuffed behind my fuse box as well. As long as you keep them upright and out of the way, they should be fine. I just used a small bolt to hold the two relay tabs back to back.

On my VW, I took the time to mount the relays on the inner fender wall:



Along with the fog and driving light relays, tach generator, EGT signal conditioner ad fuse block. Since it a diesel, there is almost nothing on the engine or in the engine compartment. No smog plumbing, sensors, computers, etc. so plenty of space to put stuff.

ebelen1

Here's a pic but excuse the corrosion:

abalagtas

Edwin,

How much did the terminals cost? and what guage wires are you running? Will stock cables work with those?

ebelen1

I think the terminals were $15 each. I don't know what guage the wires are but I think the guy told me 8 guage. Can't tell you about whether they will work w/ stock cables.

Bob_98SR5

ebelen,

looks like 4 and 8 gauge.

bob

ebelen1

Thanks Bob. You know better than most how ignorant I am when it comes to this stuff. As long as it works, I'm pretty much OK.

humanoid

Edwin, where did you pick up the terminals and the new cables?

ebelen1

I got them at my buddy's Al & Ed's shop.

abalagtas

Just called the local AE shop...they want $30 for just the terminal.

ebelen1

Wow, maybe my guy gave me a good deal. I think I asked Fink what he paid for his terminals and they were about $15 each as well. Fink, though, did not have the protectors on his so maybe this increases the cost.

End of the day, I got a great deal b/c I spent some decent cash with the shop.

ebelen1

I decided to search for you and the only Monster battery terminals I could find were $30 each. However, I found these (look bling) but are pretty cheap. http://www.digitallyunique.com/viewp...ductId=3178474

ebelen1

I just checked my invoice and it says "Monster Battery Connection Top Mount (+) for $17.99. The AE part number is SLMBC3POS. Maybe this will help you.

abalagtas

Thanks..

I just happend to be passing store called Tweeter its a home/auto AV store that was closing and they had 40% off. I ended up getting the Monster cables terminal there. It looks similar to yours except it only has 1 terminal on top and 2 that go in from the back. It works and looks ok so I'm happy.

I got them for $14, so I'm thinking they gave them to you for close to cost.