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Longhorn Man · 08-18-2009, 09:18 PM

in 71 GM went to side post.
They are a severly flawed better design.

Maybe a better idea that they shoulda thought about a little longer. But there's ways to make them far better than top post.
I always take a 3/8 inch bolt, cut the head off, and thread it into the side post. Then I remove the small worthless bolt out of the GM style battery cable, trim the rubber off the end, and slode the remaining ring terminal over the stud. Then I secure it with a nut offf a freightliner style battery nut... but a regular 3/8 nut will work fine.

The rerason this is a better idea than a top post is the gasses that come out of a battery are highly corrosive. Why have the cables right there? Move them to the side where the corrosive gas won't get on them... cable already want to corrode, no need in feeding it.

08-18-2009, 09:18 PM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Batterys back in the day in 71 GM went to side post. They are a severly flawed better design. Maybe a better idea that they shoulda thought about a little longer. But there's ways to make them far better than top post. I always take a 3/8 inch bolt, cut the head off, and thread it into the side post. Then I remove the small worthless bolt out of the GM style battery cable, trim the rubber off the end, and slode the remaining ring terminal over the stud. Then I secure it with a nut offf a freightliner style battery nut... but a regular 3/8 nut will work fine. The rerason this is a better idea than a top post is the gasses that come out of a battery are highly corrosive. Why have the cables right there? Move them to the side where the corrosive gas won't get on them... cable already want to corrode, no need in feeding it.