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FireEngineMike · 04-10-2019, 02:41 PM

I could not find the answer through searching so I started this thread. I am replacing two sad looking battery cables and an even sorrier looking starter cable and going to 00 gauge for the new ones per many recommendations. I want to add a ground wire from the body ground to the starter bracket while I am ordering cables.
Do I have to remove the starter through bolt to accomplish this?
Does it go back together easily? I cannot afford to open a can of worms. It has to be as easy as anything ever is on a Flathead Ford.
If not there, where is the best location to mount the starter end of the ground cable?
What diameter lug do I need on the starter end of the ground cable?
Thanks for the help.
Edit: The truck is 6-volt positive ground.

04-10-2019, 02:41 PM	#1
FireEngineMike Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Webster, NY Posts: 215	New Battery Cables I could not find the answer through searching so I started this thread. I am replacing two sad looking battery cables and an even sorrier looking starter cable and going to 00 gauge for the new ones per many recommendations. I want to add a ground wire from the body ground to the starter bracket while I am ordering cables. Do I have to remove the starter through bolt to accomplish this? Does it go back together easily? I cannot afford to open a can of worms. It has to be as easy as anything ever is on a Flathead Ford. If not there, where is the best location to mount the starter end of the ground cable? What diameter lug do I need on the starter end of the ground cable? Thanks for the help. Edit: The truck is 6-volt positive ground. Last edited by FireEngineMike; 04-10-2019 at 03:55 PM.