Tons of great info for DIY battery cable jobs: https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=61747


Thank you very much, very helpful! Do you recommend using crimp-on battery terminals or the ones with screws to add the cables?


If you have access to the crimping tool, that ...

So, a little update... I was out checking the grounds and trying to figure out a way to remove and replace the battery cables when I noticed that the ground strap that goes from the passenger side of the camshaft cover to somewhere between the firewall and the strut tower was missing, the bolt was ...

abscate wrote: 03 Apr 2021, 05:18 I’ll measure them today to give you an idea on making them up

I will appreciate that very much, thanks!

erikv11 wrote: 02 Apr 2021, 20:09 Tons of great info for DIY battery cable jobs: viewtopic.php?t=61747

Thank you very much, very helpful! Do you recommend using crimp-on battery terminals or the ones with screws to add the cables?

That's not terrible, and might not be the source of your stalling. But you do want to do that correctly. Sorry, I don't know the wire gauge. Park at a electrical shop and have them come out and show them.

I'd check grounds https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=69375


Will do ...

Check B+ cable https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/b-battery-cable/


So, I checked the battery cables and found it melted a little bit near the starter motor, the insulation on the cable that connects to the alternator was also broken, and the cherry on top of the cake, I found a LOT of the cable ...

matthew1 wrote: 02 Apr 2021, 12:46 Check B+ cable https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/b-battery-cable/

Will do and report back, thanks!

Hello everyone, I'm a long-time lurker of the forums, but this is my first post!

First of all, a little backstory. I'm the happy new owner of a 1996 Volvo 850. I bought her like a month or so ago for not a lot of money ($1500 USD which is junk car money in my country) She ran nicely for the first 2 ...