1961 Battery Cables

[Edward B.]

Re: 1961 Battery Cables

On the '61 negative cable, which starter bolt does it attached to?

Grounding strap from negative battery terminal attaches to starter mounting bolt closest to right side of car (furthest from engine block). My '61 still has the original terminal connectors as shown in the AIM and are the types with through bolts for adjusting clamping pressure.

[James F.]

Re: 1961 Battery Cables

Ed - Sounds like a survivor car. Just to be sure, it would be the bolt right next to the one that holds the road draft tube. We had a Bill Boyd in our late seventies Corvette Club.

[Edward B.]

Re: 1961 Battery Cables

William Boyd played "Hopalong Cassidy," a childhood idol of mine but unfortunately no relation. Boyds of a different feather.

[Robert I.]

Re: 1961 Battery Cables

;908981]Grounding strap from negative battery terminal attaches to starter mounting bolt closest to right side of car (furthest from engine block). My '61 still has the original terminal connectors as shown in the AIM and are the types with through bolts for adjusting clamping pressure.

Assembly manual shows that flattened copper cable. Replacement cables for my 62 are two black ring clamp cables. Shouldn't one be red?

[Mike E.]

Re: 1961 Battery Cables

;908981]Grounding strap from negative battery terminal attaches to starter mounting bolt closest to right side of car (furthest from engine block). My '61 still has the original terminal connectors as shown in the AIM and are the types with through bolts for adjusting clamping pressure.

Assembly manual shows that flattened copper cable. Replacement cables for my 62 are two black ring clamp cables. Shouldn't one be red?

No. In 62 positive was black, negative was brown.

[Robert I.]

Re: 1961 Battery Cables

"No. In 62 positive was black, negative was brown."

Well, the replacements both look black to me. The negative has an "N" on it, the positive has nothing.

But thanks anyway.