Battery Cable Lengths

[Uncle Vin]

My batteries were stolen (as well as the radiator). Can anyone tell me exactly how long each of the three battery

 

[NDT]

Battery positive is 67" long.

 

[M35fan]

I'll measure mine tomorrow afternoon, if you haven't got the other lengths by then. Sorry to hear about the thieves.

 

[Uncle Vin]

Thank you fellas. Adding insult to injury, they cut the cables when they stole the batteries.

 

[frank8003]

45ACP still works good
perhaps you can visualize

 

[Uncle Vin]

Thank you, but I need to know the separate lengths of each battery cable. Do you have that information?

 

[frank8003]

Thank you, but I need to know the separate lengths of each battery cable. Do you have that information?

No
I cleaned it all the back to the grounds of bare metal and fixed it, line to starter too, no measurements
I think maybe it is in the TM;s

 

[frank8003]

M35A2 Battery Cable Size(s) & Lengths...

While checking out the batteries on my M185A3 today, I noticed that some, if not all the cables coming into and exiting the battery box are dry, cracked, frayed and probably not too long for the world. I've read on the site to use 2/0 welding cable for replacement, but is that size for all the...

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[M35fan]

I measured mine just now. I've owned my truck less than a year, and I did not install my batteries, but mine are installed this way:
Negative batt to frame rear of battery box

is 28 inches. It bolts on where the ground cable for the slave port is.
Pos batt to neg batt

is 5 inches.
The positive terminal coming out of my second battery has two cables attached.

The thicker one goes to my starter and is 45 inches. The thinner one goes to my slave port and is 60 inches.
These are approximations, since I did not remove my cables and lay them out flat. But they're very close. Good luck hope this helps.

 

[frank8003]

Teds trucks and many others on/in the ebay have the ready made cables for not so much money
nomenclature is lead, electrical as in part #1 PN 77662738 NSN 6150-00-776-2738 for the slave cable
TM 9-2320-361-34P section II

 

[frank8003]

You did not state which batteries WERE in your truck and What it is your would replace them with.

 

[Uncle Vin]

They were not 6TLs. I believe they were either Group 27 or 31s. Frankly, I don't recall. That said, thank you all for your responses. I appreciate it. Hopefully, I can contribute to this forum in the future.

 

[NDT]

The thicker one goes to my starter and is 45 inches.

Even the damn manual say 67 inches. Part Number 7762736

 

[M35fan]

Even the damn manual say 67 inches. Part Number 7762736

As I said, I didn't install my batteries i just measured what is on my truck. By all means go with what the manual says. Wasn't trying to give false info, just wanted to help.

 

[18operator]

Sounds like it's time to put a lock on that battery box door!

 

[montaillou]

When I replaced my cables almost 2 years ago, I made a thread with lengths because I couldn't find one. People would give me approximates (X should be enough, etc).

Battery cable length

If this has been posted before, well, I searched and couldn't find it, so I'm posting it now in case anyone does a search under the title key words. When I searched I did find threads but with no specific numbers, just advice on how much would probably be good enough. The ground/negative wire...

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I recommend 4/0 wire especially if you don't start your truck often - the difference is noticable. And batterycablesusa.com as a supplier. I bought some cables off Amazon, but bcu had about the same prices with better insulation.

 

[V8srfun]

The exact length is not that big of a deal. If they are a couple inches shorter than original the only problem will be that the tray doesn’t slide out as far. And if a couple inches to long it will slide out a little further. When I replaced my batteries I got a deal on a set that had the opposite terminal location and had to make a new jumper after I installed them.

 

[glcaines]

Eric's has the short cable that connects the batteries to each other NOS for $8.85. I suspect you can find the other two cables NOS from other suppliers. That would save you some work. You will also need the terminal clamps, which are normally easy to find and there are several currently on Ebay.

The thieves likely stole the batteries and radiator to sell as scrap metal. You might want to check with the closest metal recyclers. You might find the radiator which would definitely save you some money. Hopefully you had insurance.