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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
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Check out the crimp, -



Yea, works for me lol.
Looks good!
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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by charliedyal
Oh, gotcha. I thought you were talking about just the terminal. Yup. Back to the drawing board.
That's another thing. Why would make a cast copper terminal, then cover it in tin ? How do you protected it from corrosion ? Gold or Silver I guess. Perhaps terminal grease.
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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 12:15 PM
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Common, I must be forgetting something lol.
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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 12:25 PM
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I'm going to act like we never even talked about terminals and current flow and corrosion etc, lol mine is staying stock..
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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by fordmotorsport
I'm going to act like we never even talked about terminals and current flow and corrosion etc, lol mine is staying stock..
Hmmm, - Now why would you ever do that ?



Sounds good to me!
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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 12:28 PM
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Dang, clean copper welding cable is cheap!
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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Jbrew
Dang, clean copper welding cable is cheap!
Yeah I get it for 22 bucks per 10 feet for 1ga
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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 01:45 PM
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Getting there fellas

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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 02:22 PM
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So now my trucks leaking out of the back of the intake on the driveway....... That was right after start up, didnt leak last night or anything why all of the sudden? I retorqed it with no avail
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Old Jan 19, 2015 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mudder5
So now my trucks leaking out of the back of the intake on the driveway....... That was right after start up, didnt leak last night or anything why all of the sudden? I retorqed it with no avail
pressure test it
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