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I absolutely DO NOT recommend doing that. For 5 to 30 amps, ok, but for a 150 amp fusible link? That's just asking for trouble. If you don't do it exactly like the manufacturer, you risk a fire and that near to the battery, an explosion.
I absolutely DO NOT recommend doing that. For 5 to 30 amps, ok, but for a 150 amp fusible link? That's just asking for trouble. If you don't do it exactly like the manufacturer, you risk a fire and that near to the battery, an explosion.
Something like this should be safe enough, it's sealed and designed for vehicle use. Just cut off the fuse part of the existing harness and attach to the cable ends. Allows easy replacement of the fuse for the next time your starter shorts out. You could further protect the thing with electric tape and/or wiring loom.
Something like this should be safe enough, it's sealed and designed for vehicle use. Just cut off the fuse part of the existing harness and attach to the cable ends. Allows easy replacement of the fuse for the next time your starter shorts out. You could further protect the thing with electric tape and/or wiring loom.
I've been working with this kind of thing (high amperage DC and AC) since late 70's when I trained for it in the Marines, on medium and heavy cargo helos. The fusible link on the factory cable is soldered, and it's that way for a good reason. You want as full contact for current passthrough as possible. The one on the link is a screw-down terminal. Not nearly the same thing. Bad idea. Trust me on that. The real thing is not expensive enough to warrant taking such a risk.
So after replacing the starter with a new OE starter and a new battery just in case with 850 cca. I checked the fuse leading from the battery to the starter. It showed it had current going through it. I jumped it off just in case and tge vehicle started. So I took the cable off and looked at the fuse. It had a hairline crack in it. Just enough to have current going through it but not enough to crank the vehicle. Thanks everyone for your help and maybe this will help other people as well.
how far off the battery terminal? Having a battery drain issue and wonder if this might qualify as a reason.
how far off the battery terminal? Having a battery drain issue and wonder if this might qualify as a reason.
A crack in a wire is not the same as a crack in a water pipe. No electricity will drain from a crack in a conductor of any kind unless it is shorted to ground, and in that case the symptoms will be VERY noticeable.
05-19-2021, 09:52 AM
