New to the group, but have been lurking and enjoying the numerous issues that have been dealt with. I picked up a '97 2dr Tahoe a while back for a song and have been spending the last few months taking care of neglected maintenance issues,as well as making my own modifications. I'm working on the electrical problems and have run into something I'm not sure how to handle. I'd just replaced the positive battery cable and began to focus on the positive relay cable that comes off the side terminal and runs across the fan shroud and into the fuse relay box. The joker that had the truck before me attempted to crimp a 12-16 awg terminal ring onto what must be a
6-8 gauge wire at the battery post end. This seems to be at least one source of much of my electrical frustrations. None of the parts stores locally carry this relay cable or the correct sized terminal rings to make a proper connection (NAPA tech even told me he had tried securing these from GM for quite some time to no avail). Are there any sources from where I could order the replacement, and could I, in the meantime, run your typical size 4 awg positive cable in its stead? What concerns are there in doing this? Where could I ground the cable? Appreciate anything you can offer me.- posted
20 years ago