FuzzFace2 Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Its difficult to find red cables, but they can be found. Try a real parts store, they may have them. Pete, I have given up for now on the red cables. I think I saw I could order them on line (auto zone?) but at the time I did not know the size needed and also don't know if I could get them in 2ga as they also listed 4ga cables. Gary, I little looking on the net did not turn up anything for any cable other than for a v8 F or U truck and that was at 56". So I am going with what I have and route it away from danger. Thanks guys for the help. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85lebaront2 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Its difficult to find red cables, but they can be found. Try a real parts store, they may have them. Pete, I had the issue on my "Fiat", a 1986 LeBaron konvertible, I wanted a short 8" or so, positive cable to go from the battery to the 1996 Stratus Power Distribution Center, shortest anyone had in red was 18" so I had to get a black one. As for "real parts stores" here, maybe NAPA, but they rarely have anything I am looking for and are a good hour round trip. The one nearest me went to Parts Master about 2 years ago and I am exceedingly careful what I buy there. That is where I got the cable for the "Fiat", but since it goes to a nice red capped post marked as the positive jump start point, I don't think it will be a problem. Funny story, when my daughter was in college, she had a 1975 Pinto Pony MPG, with the recall shield already installed. She left the dome light on when she got a speeding ticket on the way back to Radford University. When she found the car was dead, she asked an engineering student from VA Tech which is almost next door to help her jump it. Pinto battery was right front, starter relay on the right rear on the firewall. PO had replaced the original ground cable with a Carol one, bright red of course. Tech student started to hook the positive to the red cable and when Donna questioned him, his reaction was "what do you know, you're a girl". She waited till we came up two weeks later, she had enough knowledge from all the Fords we had that the wire to the relay was positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Pete, I have given up for now on the red cables. I think I saw I could order them on line (auto zone?) but at the time I did not know the size needed and also don't know if I could get them in 2ga as they also listed 4ga cables. Gary, I little looking on the net did not turn up anything for any cable other than for a v8 F or U truck and that was at 56". So I am going with what I have and route it away from danger. Thanks guys for the help. Dave ---- You could always use red loom, electrical tape or even that brush on insulation 'Liquid Electrical Tape' to make the cable red. I use different colors of electric tape or shrink tube at each end of a rubber vacuum line to match the old Ford color coded brittle plastic line. Red = manifold White = ported Green = EGR etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 You could always use red loom, electrical tape or even that brush on insulation 'Liquid Electrical Tape' to make the cable red. I use different colors of electric tape or shrink tube at each end of a rubber vacuum line to match the old Ford color coded brittle plastic line. Red = manifold White = ported Green = EGR etc.... I ended up buying black 2 gauge cables. They come with the cheap rubber colored caps that go over the post. I had to mod 2 of the cables, 1 had the wrong end (needed eye/eye) and the other was too long. I crimped and soldered the ends on. I dropped some chips of solder in the terminal, added a thin piece of solder in the middle of strands of cable, then crimped before soldering. I also added the tab in the middle of the ground cable like stock. http://cars.grantskingdom.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100/20171015_114608 http://cars.grantskingdom.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100/20171015_123448 http://cars.grantskingdom.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100/20171015_123612 Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I ended up buying black 2 gauge cables. They come with the cheap rubber colored caps that go over the post. I had to mod 2 of the cables, 1 had the wrong end (needed eye/eye) and the other was too long. I crimped and soldered the ends on. I dropped some chips of solder in the terminal, added a thin piece of solder in the middle of strands of cable, then crimped before soldering. I also added the tab in the middle of the ground cable like stock. http://cars.grantskingdom.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100/20171015_114608 http://cars.grantskingdom.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100/20171015_123448 http://cars.grantskingdom.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100/20171015_123612 Dave ---- Dave - They look good. 👍 But why not post the pictures here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Dave - They look good. 👍 But why not post the pictures here? darn I was trying to quote you and it sent an email sorry. I am still learning how this all works with pictures & quoting. I did post pictures in a thread on "AC harness" or the like. Thing is the way the pictures are listed on my PC it is long numbers. So when I go to add a picture I have to open them on my PC to see if it is the right picture, remember the number so I pick the right one to add to the post. Not that easy and I am one of the people that don't like change but I am getting it just takes me a little longer is all. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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