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After reading many threads about battery cable sizes I decided to do some investigation last night on Ruby. I replaced the battery a couple weeks ago and noticed some craking on the cable insulation and this added to my inspiration. So I pulled the battery and wrenched off the nut that holds the lug under the generator. Other than an awkward reach, it was an easy exercize. Once in my hands I instinctively tried to straighten the cable in preparation for measurement. As soon as I tried, the insulation cracked open proving to me that this was likely an original cable. I then grabbed a pair of side cutters to do some further investigation and cut off the terminal head just to see the conductors and to see how good the bond was in the lead. At least 30% of the conductors where loose. Headed down to the big apple for business tonight, but as soon as I get back to Mass tomorrow, first stop is NAPA for a new 24" cable. Can anyone confirm the OEM size is 1/0, or should I go for the 2/0? By the way ground cable to the starter solinoid looks recent as does the lead to the starter itself. Both of these cables appear to be 1/0 if I where to make a guess from appearance. Should I upgrade those as well? I also noticed that the OEM battery hold down frame (rectangular in shape) was intermittantly touching the terminals and had evidence of recent shorting. It is coming off the car and will be blasted and dipped in a rubberized coating to prevent this from happening again. In the interim I picked up a cheap $4- "I" shape universal to keep everything in place for the weekends cruising. - mark