1990 Battery Cable Gauge

[ljbrown184]

Hey, does anyone know what the stock Battery Cable Gauge for a 1990 240 is?

Thanks.

[jdm_griffin]

2 gauge will work just fine young padawan.

[Vegascorbin]

Battery in stock location 4 AWG will be fine. If you are relocating then you want to go laarger wire which is a smaller number. The farther from stock location the bigger wire you need to go.

2 AWG is bigger than 4 AWG and smaller than 0 AWG. AWG=American Wire Gauge. This web page has good information on AWG compaired to Metric wire sizes.

http://www.rbeelectronics.com/wtable.htm

[ljbrown184]

Alright...does that work with both positive and negative cables?

[Vegascorbin]

Generaly only the Positive cable as you just need to connect the Negitive to the frame near where you mount the battery.

[ljbrown184]

Well, the reason I ask is because I am keeping the battery in the same place, but am changing the terminals...the thing is, I will not have enough length to just do a quick cut and mount. I will have to replace both the positive and negative cables in order to give myself enough length to properly connect to the battery.

[Vegascorbin]

If youare staying stock just go to your local chain auto parts store and buy the pre-made cables that will be long enough. Just mesure the length you have and add a little. The molded on connectors are much better to use they provide the best connection.

When you connect the ground wire to the car be sure to clean the mounting location. A dirty ground connection,even if it is tight, can cause a lot of problems that are hard to figure out.