Tell us about those post terminals . . . lots of these issues have come down to faulty terminals
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I don't currently have a winch — I'm waiting on the Warn. Previous bad lands was isloated.
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Positive is the old slee "upgraded" terminals, the onese before billet. They are really for a group 31 - I'm not running the negative one because it wouldn't fit. So it's a stock negative terminal.
those terminals have a lot of posts on them . . . with the issues you describe
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Have any examples handy? What's the TL;DR;?
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Ah good luck finding the draw if there is one. I'm sure it's already on your radar but make sure you do the Broken Arrow trail while you're in Sedona.
most have replaced with something else
The posts from Slee/SDHQ are faulty?
I can't say every set ever made from the gen 1 extensions isn't working great, but there are lots of threads where this comes up and the fix is replace with something else, and that fixes the problem. Often the replacement is another builder sourced aluminum billet extension for $150.
I personally extended using a quick disconnect on negative, and a $20 piece of copper bar for positive.
<edit - there are plenty of $25 to $50 extensions in the audio amplifier scene as alternatives, too>
I personally extended using a quick disconnect on negative, and a $20 piece of copper bar for positive.
<edit - there are plenty of $25 to $50 extensions in the audio amplifier scene as alternatives, too>
I thought I had a dying AGM after 7+ years in two rigs and I broke down and spent the money for a fresh one, and within a week I started having the same issues. Then I started to move my multimeter around on the various locations of the posts and was getting different readings, so I called Slee.
They said there was an issue with corrosion building up between the part that clamps to the battery terminal and the second part on top of that, clamping on each side. There wasn’t any corrosion visible on mine, but I removed it and sure enough, there was a little hidden corrosion. I filed it all really clean and put them back together. I ordered Slee’s newer billet ones and ran the old just fine until I got the new ones installed.
Hope that helps.
Are you still running the newer ones or did you move on to something else?
Yes I am still using the newer billet Slee ones. Probably overkill, since I don’t run a bunch of electrical accessories, but I have no issues with them.
You’re just practicing patience and became more familiar with the starter replacement process to help the next guy out.
I didn’t think of my own issue until I saw your picture of your old Slee terminal and thought, “I wonder if…” And sure enough, @grinchy had already commented it
It says QC right on the terminal. That is some next level subliminal right there.
If it makes you feel any better, I believe you did have a starter issue based on the original symptoms. The way I see it is that your terminals and battery ultimately failed as a result of how things played out. Helped along by the deep draw from winch use.
Lead acid batteries tend to release gasses when they're stressed. In a long pull and with deep discharge, they'll out gas exascerbating any corrosion that was already there. And finally caused these other things to give up the ghost.
Good thing is you're re-baselined on these components and good to go.
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Ordered a Warn VR 12-S
Winch order was cancelled by amazon seller, not able to order from warn either
Bummer. When’s your next trip scheduled?Winch order was cancelled by amazon seller, not able to order from warn either
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Next big trip is end of feb to sedona but missing lots of opportunity for snow wheeling.
I found a vanlife place in Utah that has one. I asked the sales person to walk to the warehouse and double check lol. Crossing my fingers.
Probably a good idea to have them double check prior to making that commitment
