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Old 06-25-2008, 11:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What are the 3 wires connected to the battery? Stock (92 Camry)

Hey,

I just did the Big 3 upgrade, which consists of adding a wire from your alt positive to battery, battery negative to ground and engine block to ground. It's an upgrade to help your alt chrage your battery better for car audio.

Anyways, now that I have the new wires on I figure I can remove the old ones... I just need to find out which is which.

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The battery negative only has one terminal attached to it originally but that has 2 wires on it, not sure if they go to the same spot. I'm assuming this is the stock battery ground right? nothing else would need to be connected there unless toyota used that as a grounding spot for some other car electronics stuff. Anybody know if those 2 wires on that 1 terminal are just the ground wire or its the ground + something else? If its just the ground I can safely remove it since I have a new one made.

The battery positive has 2 terminals attached to it, one big and one smaller one on top...Now one of them has to be going to the alternator, which I replaced and would like to remove. But the other must go somewhere else, AC maybe? Who knows which one is which and what the other one is?


Simply:
If anyone knows what each of the stock wires on the battery are please let me know!


Thanks!!

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I've got a '95 LE.

Battery Negative has two wires, one connects to the frame just under the battery and the other connects to the engine close to the starter. A replacement negative terminal wire costs about $16, just replace it if it looks worn.

Battery Positive - that one is a jumble of wires. One of those wires goes to the starter, after that I'm not sure, but if I remember right the whole thing costs $200 or $300 for a replacement from the dealer ( online prices, www.toyotapartsales.com ). If the terminal clamp is worn/corroded it's an easy replacement, a new one is maybe $5 online?

About six weeks ago I replaced the battery negative cable with an OEM cable and I also replaced the positive terminal clamp and had the starter out / worked on / tested (replaced starters, reground plunger). The problem came back earlier this week but I've not had a chance to work on it. It's got to be the alternator. The only other thing would be a bad cable between the battery and the starter - I'm hoping it's the alternator.

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So...

Battery Negative= 1 ground wire and 1 wire grounding the engine on the battery...

Battery Positive= 1 wire to alternator, 1 wire to starter. Which is which?
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