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New Battery Cables -- Cost? Where? #61645 05/26/02 05:10 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8 Houston, TX M Mike H OP Junior Member
OP Mike H Junior Member M Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8 Houston, TX	Hey everyone. Thanks for your help in the past. My electrical problems have a cause! Yippee! It's a bad battery cable. Damn! How much is this going to cost me? I plan on getting this fixed during Memorial Day or the following Tuesday, so immediate help would be appreciated. I need to know two things: 1. How much should this cost me? 2. Where should I go to have it done? Is Ford the only place that can do this work? "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."

Re: New Battery Cables -- Cost? Where? #61646 05/26/02 05:24 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,296 The "Safest" City in... 1 1st 3L 95SE Wannabe Member
1st 3L 95SE Wannabe Member 1 Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,296 The "Safest" City in...	What year Contour do you have? If it's a 95-97, there's a wiring harness recall for it. It'll change those cable for free! UBRF.org , Western New York's Premiere Automotive Forum. Yeah, I got some bolt-ons. Car Pics Video of Brullen cat-back on a \'95 SE How-to: Short Shifter for Pre-98 MTX "heres the deal $2 grand buy in winner gets the cash and the girl and the respect. We'll race from 0 to Inf. until I win." - someone on the internet

Re: New Battery Cables -- Cost? Where? #61647 05/26/02 07:39 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8 Houston, TX M Mike H OP Junior Member
OP Mike H Junior Member M Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8 Houston, TX	ooohhh! Thanks for the update! I've got a 97 V6... sweet. What should I tell the mechanics? "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."

Re: New Battery Cables -- Cost? Where? #61648 05/26/02 07:48 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 48 F frank516 Member
frank516 Member F Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 48	I believe the wiring harness recalls a different part than the battery cable. Sorry. If you've got a v-6, I believe the positive cable lists for $130, and it's about an hour or less to replace... Watch out, your dealer will probably charge you more labor because of the time it took them to diagnose the problem... This can easily tack on a couple more hours to the bill.....

Re: New Battery Cables -- Cost? Where? #61649 05/26/02 07:52 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8 Houston, TX M Mike H OP Junior Member
OP Mike H Junior Member M Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8 Houston, TX	Hey thanks. I just checked, and I've had the heater blower / wiring harness recall work already performed. In light of this, I checked out my ESP Warranty from Ford (gotta love that acronym), they say the wiring harness is covered. Does the + lead cable included in the wiring harness? In case you haven't noticed, I really don't want to pay for this repair. Mike "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."

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