Hello Forum,
I wouldn't post if i wasn't in a pinch. 84 year old grandparent is still farming and ranching with a 2000 f250 7.3l 3 hours away from me. Lately it is having a failure to start issue that is somewhat random. while out and about it would not start. a turn of the key will result in a single click of the starter relay and then nothing. I wiggled the battery cables and it fired right up. Back home it was fine, but i pulled the battery cables off, cleaned the posts, cleaned the corrosion off the cable ends and redid the connections once clean but with the same ends. truck started fine.
Today she calls and i can hear the relays clicking very loudly in the truck. truck wont start. she plays with it a second then it starts right up. It has a new starter, and with the relay noise, i don't believe it is the starter box under the steering column. Given winter is approaching, the level of corrosion in the cable on the passenger side, and that the ends are just destroyed, I want to replace/upgrade the battery cables.
I've done some research, not as much as i'd like to given the price, and would like to verify Custom Battery Cables are consensus route to go for cable upgrades. I upgraded the set on her 1997 6.5l and it made a world of difference. But at $350 i'd like a little reassurance. thanks in advance!
I wouldn't post if i wasn't in a pinch. 84 year old grandparent is still farming and ranching with a 2000 f250 7.3l 3 hours away from me. Lately it is having a failure to start issue that is somewhat random. while out and about it would not start. a turn of the key will result in a single click of the starter relay and then nothing. I wiggled the battery cables and it fired right up. Back home it was fine, but i pulled the battery cables off, cleaned the posts, cleaned the corrosion off the cable ends and redid the connections once clean but with the same ends. truck started fine.
Today she calls and i can hear the relays clicking very loudly in the truck. truck wont start. she plays with it a second then it starts right up. It has a new starter, and with the relay noise, i don't believe it is the starter box under the steering column. Given winter is approaching, the level of corrosion in the cable on the passenger side, and that the ends are just destroyed, I want to replace/upgrade the battery cables.
I've done some research, not as much as i'd like to given the price, and would like to verify Custom Battery Cables are consensus route to go for cable upgrades. I upgraded the set on her 1997 6.5l and it made a world of difference. But at $350 i'd like a little reassurance. thanks in advance!
