Doing errands today, and this happens. First time the Raider has actually left me stranded in almost 2 years of ownership! But, I had a part in it. I had let the positive battery terminal become a total mess of corrosion, putting off the inevitable battery cable replacement, and now I've put myself in a bind. The truck is currently 20mi from home, in a parking lot. I was only 3 blocks away from O'Reilly's and so after a good cleaning of the battery terminals didn't do it, I went and bought a new cable. And here's where it gets interesting.

The old cable has a bolt-on lug, and those two bolts that clamp the cable down have ring connectors connecting to the wiring harness. The new battery cable has no space for the ring connectors, because it has no bolts, its a molded connector. It does have a smaller second cable around 10ga that has a butt connector on it, but I don't want to cut the harness just yet. The copper ring connectors won't fit under the bolt for the battery terminal.

So, do I take those two ring connectors off, combine the wires together and then crimp them in the new battery cable? Or do I cut the molded battery terminal off the new cable and use a new bolt on style that will allow for the ring connectors? Or is there something else I'm missing here? How are all of your Montero's setup?

I need to head out there tomorrow morning and get this resolved. Any help you guys can give is appreciated.