GROUND CABLE.

TM 3-4230-209-20&P

2-84

2-18. GROUND CABLE.

This task covers:

c. Reassembly

a. Disassembly

b. Repair/Service

INITIAL SETUP

General Safety Instructions

Tools and Special Tools

Automotive Maintenance and Repair Shop Equipment, Less Power

WARNING

(SC 4910-95-CL-A72 and SC 4910-95-CL-A74)

The battery cable may be coated with acid caused by spillage

Materials/Parts

and/or fumes. Wear protective clothing while working on the cable.

Abrasive, cloth (item 9, app D)

Wash your hands with baking soda and water solution, flush with

Cable (fig E-5)

clean water before eating, smoking, or touching your face or cloth-

Sodium bicarbonate, technical (item 32, app D)

ing. If battery acid gets into your eyes, flush them out using clean

Equipment Condition

water and obtain medical treatment immediately. Failure to do so

Assembled/Removed

may cause blindness.

REMARKS

ACTION

LOCATION/lTEM

Nut (1)

Unscrew nut (1) from bolt (2) and remove. Remove terminal lugs (3) and

Bolt (2)

cable (4) as a unit from terminal (5).

Terminal lugs (3)

Cable (4)

Terminal (5)

Repair by replacing authorized items. Replace terminal (5) if corrosion has

heavily pitted the mating surfaces. Remove all traces of oxidization from

all components by washing in baking soda and water solution or by

scraping surface with a sharp edged tool. Use abrasive cloth and lightly

polish inside surfaces of terminal (5) until they are bright and shiny.