For like the third time in my life I’ve had a car who’s battery terminal, though tightened as much as it can go, is too large to fit snugly on the battery post. Now I know the fix, and some of the horrible suggestions to hack the fix. But my question is, “Why can’t car manufacturers figure this o…

I hate to say it, but shadow is right. Someone sold you the wrong battery. There are different size terminals for different applications.

I’ve had that problem too, and always wondered the same thing. Why can’t the car designers come up with a connection that accommodates for variability in post size. In my case it seems to fit correctly at first, but loosens over time. So I don’t think it is a problem with the initial post dimen…

[image] i1698840: Any 10 year old could engineer a better solution Then why haven’t you? I think the shim solution works pretty well. In the cases they are needed they are easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and most of. All they work. So really what’s your beef. Or getting the cheapest batt…

The “better solution” is obviously the GM bolt-on battery terminals. No clamping issues, just screw in the battery bolt, snug it down and DRAT it STRIPPED AGAIN, dag nabbit! Never mind… Never, ever had to use shims to get a good connection.

Back in the ‘good ole days’ battery shops would repair battery posts. They poured liquid lead into a mold resting over whatever was left of the old terminal post. But if the posts and clamps are occasionally cleaned with a wire brush and the clamps properly snugged down rather than over tightening p…

Too often one product is made in Mexico and the connecting part is made in China. I had this problem with the gas line snap connector for my outboard motor allowing air to be sucked in and stalling the motor. Finally I replaced both the female part in the motor and the male part on the gas line at t…

HAHA pat showing your age, or maybe a local colloquialism, but wikopedia says " Actual tin foil was superseded after World War II by cheaper and more durable[1] aluminium foil, which is referred to as “tinfoil” in many regions" If you have some tin foil left it may be worth money on ebay for makin…

Yeah, I was born before WW2. I guess you are a young whipper snapper who had to look up tin foil on Wikipedia. I sold all my tin foil back when to help in the war effort :slight_smile:

In case anyone does not remember that was the era of steel pennies, gas rationing, and our fair city even donated a civil war cannon, later replaced by a replica to the war effort. Yes I had to look it up, only born in 54, (I keep saying that hoping some whoever would say 1854, or 1954) Guilty as …

Almost all 1943 pennies were made out of steel, but they still made a few 1943 pennies of copper (or maybe bronze), and if you found one, you’d increase the size of your bank account significantly. I think they go for around $100,000 each. And speaking of pennies and shims, do any of you folks eve…

Battery Terminal Shims - WHY?

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George_San_Jose1 July 12, 2017, 2:18am 16

Not for fuses, but I’ve used a penny to fix my electric orange juicer for example. There’s a switching action that turns it on when you press the orange down, and after a few years of juicing that contact point wears out. I used a penny to make it good again. hmmm … I hope I didn’t use a 1943 bronze one … lol …

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