[urq] Battery Cable Replacement (was sudden stumbling)

[Ado Sigal]

Your problem seem to indicate the charge problem, which could be either 
brush-rotor contact, or power transfer contacts on VR, or the connection 
between the spade contact on the fuse box and b/cable junction (should 
be doubled if you decide to change it). To check if this part of the 
cable is the problem, connect the fuse box directly to the battery. 
Check this first, before going into changing the main cable.

HTH, cheers,

Ado

Harten Eric C Capt KHQ PAOC/CODP wrote:

>Does anyone have some BTDTs for replacing the main battery cables?  Use
>the old wire to thread the new one in?  My stumbling is back after 3
>days of perfect running.  I can still see my dash lights dimming as I
>rev the engine.  The voltmeter I wired to the alt is still showing a
>drop in voltage when I rev the motor.  When I first fire it up, it sits
>nicely at 14V and will eventually drop as low as 11v at 4k rpm.  I may
>need to replace my battery as well.  Does anyone know what size OPTIMA
>will fit the UrQ?  I have no cranking issues, but a short I had a while
>back drained the battery half a dozen times.  What gauge wire is used in
>the main battery runs?  Also, what can I use to replicate the "splice"
>for the fuse box wiring?  Thanks for the help.
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>Eric
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