Need some help please

[the bandit]

Ever since I installed the recomennded battery terminal connectors my battery has been giving me problems. Can someone explain how to screw these in and use them....their giving me problems Thanks.

Click to see the new terminal connectors.

[96firebird311]

Disconnect the battery cables.
You'll need to push out the screw/bolt in the middle of the connector.
The rear portion of the Knukoceptz connector unscrews. See how in this pic it's partly unscrewed? Take your Knukonceptz connector inhand and unscrew the rear bolt portion completely. Set it aside.
Push the larger portion through the battery connector and screw onto battery.
Use a ring connector and attach your stereo's power/ground wire to the "larger bolt" of the Knukonceptz connector using the "smaller bolt" that you unscrewed earlier

P.S. Hell no, those are not my battery cables. :D

[the bandit]

For some reason it seems after tightning the cables it still seems loose.....With the spacer it still moves for some reason.....should i even use the spacer?

[the bandit]

Yea I tightened it again and it got loose again and pissed me off...I have to pop the hood and wiggle it for it to start whereever I go.....I think the metal inside the battery is stripped and ideas on how to fix it....

[nda0602v6]

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[nda0602v6]

Not sure why its giving you problems. I have the same set up on my Firebird and it holds the factory battery cable/terminal onto the battery tight. You mentioned something about there being a spacer? I have seen some GM cars (mostly the bigger trucks) actually have two positive terminals that hook up to the battery. If you were in a situation like that, you would not use the spacer on your new adaptor. Since you're only going through "one" terminal, the spacer needs to be used. Just a guess but did you try putting it on without the spacer? If so, that's probably your problem as to why everything is loose. I'm not sure how deep the threads go inside the Battery itself but I'm sure it stops at somepoint. The terminal you were screwing in either ran out of threads or simply bottomd out inside the battery. Again, use the spacer. In the picture bellow, I'm pointing to the surface of the adaptor that should touch/hold down the factory battery terminal. Make sure not to cross thread anything cause the metal inside the battery is fairly soft.

[the bandit]

Thanks for the drawing for some reason when I tighten it up it pops and gets loose again....I might have ruined the battery damnit. \

ps and that picture of the battery connector is disgusting. lol

[96firebird311]

Originally posted by the bandit:
for some reason when I tighten it up it pops and gets loose again....I might have ruined the battery damnit. \

Very possible. Pretty common too. Not the first time I've heard about this. The metal is indeed soft. :(

Oh and for the two positive battery terminals on one battery that nda mentioned... they also make a similar version of this adapter with longer threads just for that. Just FYI I guess. [img]smile.gif[/img]