There are two 'standardized' methods, although they aren't installed on most
vehicles. There are blue plugs, I don't remember the name of the
manufacturer, but one of them can be bolted to the body of the car and a
second installed on the cables. You will frequently see these installed in
the grilles of municipal vehicles and wreckers. They are commonly available
from wiring people. Secondly there are bulkhead fittings that will take
battery cable on one side and have heavy terminals on the other side for
jumper cables to clamp onto. Again these are readily available, I think I
have even seen them in autoparts stores. I think both are available from
Summit racing and I think they are about $20 a pair
James Nazarian
71 MGBGT V8
71 MGB Tourer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Paul M.
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:06 PM
To: Tab Julius
Cc: Tim Holt; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Who designed the location of...
--- Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com> wrote:
> It'd be nice to rig up cables permanently
> somehow so they run from
> the battery to the front compartment with some kind
> of terminal there.
Yeah! What a good idea! I wonder why automakers
don't get together and come up with some kind of
"standardized" plug for jump starting. Something that
is always grounded correctly, always located similarly
(like on both sides of the front bumper, with a cover
that hid them when not in use), with a red plug and a
black plug, and then jumper cables could be made with
the universal ends that just mated right up to the
standardized plug.
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