Need Help with Battery Post Connections, Does this look right to you..? Options

[Nozzle]

I'm having non-starting issues (used to be only hot but now it's both cold and hot) with my 1973 2.0 and Scotty B suggested the electrical connections to the positive battery post may be part of the problem. So I thought I'd start by cleaning up these connections or at least replacing the battery cable with something more stock to begin trouble-shooting. The problem is I'm not sure what these connections are supposed to look like. So does anyone have any good pictures of how these connections are supposed to be arranged?

Here's what mine currently look like:



Many thanks,

John

[mrgreenjeans]

Interesting pic......

The good thing is, all this can be replaced with OE Porsche parts , I do believe all are still for sale. I know the ground strap, which is a real critical link in this , was readily available for around 20 bucks not that long ago, and there is a diagram they should have on the PET program you can look at. Get friendly with your Porsche parts guy at the counter and have him spin the monitor around or take a copy of the pic in the PET.

Also, if you have handy a Haynes manual, there should be a pic in there.

I also found , if a fully charged battery isn't in the car, it will hinder starting. It will spin it but not fire off. Check the load on the battery too and recharge / replace if there is too much draw down.

The ground strap where it attaches to the body , needs to be very clean....think shiny metal touching shiny metal, to make a proper and efficient ground. Rarely have I seen clean areas around the battery box in these cars, but this is critical.

And the tangle of leads going into your postive cable needs to look like the diagram, not like it does. Not trying to be hyper critical, but too much birds nest here.

Clay is right, factory spec ends are the way to go here. Not only look better, as in OE, but they WORK.