What type of slave cable?

[pdstout]

What type of slave cable do I need? I just one a 20 foot Nato slave cable on ebay for $95.00. That includes shipping. Would I have to get a adaptor? I hope it will fit. I bid on it in the last seconds of the auction and won it.
What is the going price?
Thanks, P. Stout

 

[dittle]

Depends on the adapter, some of the vehicles were upgraded to the single pin and some were still on the older 2 pin style. You need to look at your vehicle to determine whether you need the adapter or not.

 

[jimm1009]

slave cables

You actually need to look at both vehicles.
One or both may have the upgraded plug.
You may need one to two adapters which are avilable on e-bay or from someone like Saturn Surplus or Memphis Equipment as two examples of a few.
My M35A2C had been upgraded to the single pin plug as the CUCV's have from day-one.
An old sytle slave cable can work with the new plugs but you obviously need the correct adapter.
The single pin plug is the best way to go if you can.

 

[Keith_J]

NATO have slip-on caps. The older two-pin have a screw-on cap.

 

[LanceRobson]

The NATO cable with two adapters is the most versatile setup. It will let you slave from any configuration to any configuration. The old 2 pin cable cannot jump to a NATO connector. Due to the configuration of the ends, no adapter is made.

My deuces have both NATO and the old 2 pin plugs just to make life easier. The vast majority of M35s have the older 2 pin setup (if any)

The going price for your first one is "whatever it takes". $95 is not outrageous for your first cable. Now that you've got one you can be more patient with subsequent ones.

Since I don't think you can have too many, we've got 2 ea 50' NATO, a 20' NATO and 2 or 3 ea. 20' two pin cables. We've got a few on loan to new MVers, too. I like to have one on every vehicle with a 50 footer for the shop. I also keep an extra adapter in every truck with a 2 pin connector.

I typically snag the 20' two pin ones for about $30 and the NATO ones for around $50 at shows. My last 50 footer was bought at Aberdeen this year for $90.

You made a good catch. I like your copilot.

Lance