Occasional Hard Starting

[Ernie Vitucci]

Good Morning...Proper battery cables for our Model A's are 00 size and are almost as large as your middle finger! I use two ground cables. One to the frame and the other to the transmission. I have also seen this problem and found that it came from the little main fuse connector that many of us have on the starter post. I have replaced a couple that were riveted together and the rivet relaxed and became intermittently non conductive and would work when wiggled. Replaced them an all was well. They did cause many bad small words! Ernie in Arizona

[29Cabriolet]

Originally Posted by Ernie Vitucci

Good Morning...Proper battery cables for our Model A's are 00 size and are almost as large as your middle finger!

I have been unable to find any vendor (Model A or modern) with 00 gauge. Bratton's offers a 1 gauge calling it "original". But I've mounted a kill switch under the driver's seat and can't use the stock 19" cable. (I need 32" Battery to switch - 60" switch to starter)
Tractor Supply offers 1 Gauge in the lengths I need. Could 1 gauge be the modern equivalent of the 00 you mention?