hardtocope

when u look at the postive terminal on the battery there is a bolt coming up that has no nut on it.. i was wondering if anyone new the size of that bolt because i would like to buy a nut for it to add some accessories to my car.?.

Bandit2941

I just wrote the same thing in the other thread but, I don't remeber what size it is offhand but it's metric. If I remember tomorrow I'll look in the garage and see if I still have the baggy the nuts came in.

hardtocope

great thanks for your help.. if u can't find it is there any way in measuring the stud to find the correct one? also where did u mount ur neg cable?

Bandit2941

I don't have the size, the nuts didn't come in baggies like I thought they did. I can tell you that its either M6, M8, or M10; just go to the hardware store and see which one looks like it's the right size, or if there's 2 that look close just buy one of each and see which fits, they're only gonna be a few cents each.

I have the ground going to the bolt where the battery grounds to the chassis.

hardtocope

thanks bandit. when you installed your system did you disconnect the negative battery. is it really neccessary as long as your careful?

Bandit2941

The correct answer is, disconnect it. But, I won't comment on whether I did or not

With amps that have recessed power terminals like mine though you have to be careful the positive wire isn't hot when you hook it up since if it's hot when you hook it up you'll get a big spark since the area surrounding the terminal is ground. I left the inline fuse disconnected when I did all the amp wiring and connected it when I was done.

hardtocope

so if i leave the fuse out when hooking up the postivie wire i should be fine then.. thanks

Bandit2941

Yes but I would suggest that you disconnect the negative battery cable. I have a fair amount of experience with car electronics and car audio and its stupid for me to do the install without disconnecting it. Since it seems you're inexperienced by your questions I would disconnect it just to be safe. No sense taking out your pcm just b/c you didn't feel like disconnecting the battery and messed up.........

hardtocope

it's just the negative cable i take off right.. i don't touch the positive?

Bandit2941

Yeah, just remove the negative battery cable from the battery or just unbolt it from where it connects to the chassis. You have to unbolt that cable anyway to ground the amp so just unbolt it first then re connect it with your amp ground cable installed.

hardtocope

will it spark at all when reconnecting. thanks for the information

Bandit2941

Yeah it probably will spark a little, but nothing to worry about.

PS Where in NY are you from?

hardtocope

albany area

Bandit2941

Not too far from me.......I'm just below Kingston (exit 19), about 1:15 - 1:30 from Albany.

Tedro

its a m6

that is all