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New battery cables

Because of the voltage drop that was affecting my ignition system I replaced all my battery cables with 2/0 gauge wire. The ends had been replaced by the P.O.  years ago poorly. I thought after I cut back the insulation I would find the wire to be fuzzy and corroded but no, the wire looked new. I all so installed a new group 27 battery with a 1,000  cranking amps.  The car now has only .2 volt drop during cranking. Ignition problem solved.  I was not looking forward to changing out the main cable that goes threw the rocker but is was a cake walk due to I had removed my A/C lines and routed them threw the console when I redid the A/C system previously. I could see on the 71, a bad battery cable could easily burn one of these cars to the ground. Keep it insured for top dollar.

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