Apologies for cross posting this in the 5th gen forum by accident. My 96 with 278k on the clock has a couple of wire harness connectors going to the positive battery terminal's clamp. The car would not start on the way home from work, no power to anything, as if the battery had been removed. When I wiggled the positive battery terminal's connectors, power would come on internmittently. I pulled out the two connectors and carefully cleaned them. One was hard to remove and had vlisible corrosion, which I scraped away, then sprayed Deoxit on the connecting surfaces. That didn't restore power, but pulling upward on the postive post assembly did. It seems that pulling the two connectors upwards does the trick. Is anyone here familiar with this problem?

 

Yes, the two big pin connectors on the 4th gen, at the battery positive is a known failure on the 4th gen. I like many others have just deleted them. Replace the battery terminal, cut the plugs off and insulation back and hook them together under a clamp style Terminal.

 

Thanks for this information sir. To be sure I understand this: "hook them together under a clamp style Terminal."

Do you mean put a ring connector on both wires and then put the ring under the nut on the clamp terminal tightening bolt?