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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 06:01 PM
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Ok this may sound funny, but I am currently working on a LT1 that has a stripped negative battery terminal bolt, any suggestions.
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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 06:02 PM
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You can buy the side post terminal bolts at any autoparts store. Make a run to autozone.
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but i cant get the neg. battery terminal off
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Vise-Grips.
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use on vice grips on the bolt head?
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Yea, if the bolt head is stripped, just get the vise grips as tight on the head as possible and you should be able to break it loose. I had to do that a while back on my moms old Caddie.
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cool deal, ill try tomorrow.
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Good luck with it. Let us know how it turns out.
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depending on how bad it is.......... take the positive wire off and cut the negative as close to the terminal as possible and then when its out of the car u can figure something out.........
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thanks guys the vice grips got the job done in about 3 seconds.
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