1969 HEMI Negative Battery Cable

[charge69]

Hi all,

Got new battery cables to attach and neither me or my restorer can remember (getting old , darn it) where the negative cable attaches to the motor! I have pictures of someone's Hemi 500 engine compartment after restoration and the cable is attached to the bolt hole in the head in the picture. Actually to the head near the valve cover and partially painted. My restorer thinks a Hemi negative cable should be attached to the right-front bolt on the intake manifold and partially painted. Right now, I cannot find a picture of mine before we disassembled it but I might have one. Not to say it was correct before we took it apart anyway as I am pretty sure the cable, or at least the battery end, was replaced before I acquired it.

I, honestly, cannot remember how mine was attached. Just wondering where the factory attached it on the 1969 model. Anybody have an idea?

Troy, can you help with the answer? Maybe you have a picture before we disassembled the car.

Carl

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

These help?  From my gallery on the '69 Registry site......all bolted to the forward facing bolt in the cylinder head...

[charge69]

Those do help and every one of them is bolted where I thought  it went.  Thanks for the pics and I will email them to my friend.

[charge69]

On another subject, I see all those pictures have power brakes on the Hemi.  Mine came with the 11" Manual drum brakes from the factory and that is what we replaced them with. The resovoir top (and resovoir itself) was so bad that my restorer had to replace it. A new brake cap, correct gold cadmium plated, with the bolt and wing-type hold down bracket, also gold cad plated, is about $40 from a restoration parts retailer and the whole unit at a local parts house is only $15 but has the incorrect cap.

A known professional restorer where I get some of my parts said he had never seen a manual brake HEMI car and ordered a set of lines for a power brake setup first and had to be reminded this is a manual brake (non self-adjusting) car.

[maxwellwedge]

Who would that be?

Here is a pic of my survivor showing the cable as well. That is a unique, plated bolt that holds it to the head.

[charge69]

Thanks for the survivor pic also showing the negative battery cable attachment!  Are you asking who the shop is that has not seen a HEMI without  power brakes? If so, PM me and I will give you the name. That shop is not the one restoring my car although they do a great job. I just buy parts from them as they can get them and sell them to me for a discount if I spend over 1K at a time (easy to do) and they will take back anything wrong with no hassle and no shipping on my part.

Worth the time and money (not more expensive than anyone else) to me not to deal with returns.

[maxwellwedge]

I have a 69 Hemi RR with manual drums....no good pics on this computer though.

The lids are gold and the hold-down clamp and bolt are zinc phosphate.

Lot's without PB's. Lots with as well because many were ordered with A34.

Sure, please PM me.