Special battery cables?

[Cat Fuzz]

I have a 97 Explorer coming in to my little shop on Monday and the guy wants the positive cable replaced. I tried looking one up and they are either not available or there is a note saying something about special harness is required. Whats the deal here? Is it some goofy set-up?

[Cat Fuzz]

Nobody knows?

[shorod]

On my 2000 Mountaineer V8, the positive cable has two rather large (4 ga?) cables coming off it. One goes across the front of the engine to the alternator. The other joins a cable harness and I presume goes to the starter. Somewhere the fuse panel needs to be tied in as well.

Since it's Monday though, you probably already figured out what you need to know.

-Rod

[Cat Fuzz]

I was misinformed. He needed the negative cable replaced. Still a PITA but I made a standard cable work.