As the title says, my battery cable is frayed and coming apart just before where it attaches to the negative post. Im not much of a car guy, I can replace simple parts, change my oil, change a tire, brakes, etc.

I also know how to work with wires and such and are pretty good at figuring things out either via youtube videos, step by step, or advice from people that I know who are good with cars.

As far as I know, that is the only location that it is currently frayed, I looked around my engine bay, following the wires I could see leading from the negative cable and none of the other wires seemed to have any damage. How would I go about either replacing the wire or just splicing the part that is damaged?

I would prefer to get my parts from Auto Zone as it is right down the road and their prices seem to be decently alright (As I said, I dont really do much car repair myself and I cant really take it to a shop.) The store nearby has the cable I need but I dont know how to swap it out, or what I should get to splice it as the splice kits I saw online (At O'rielly, however) didnt look like the same wire that was attached to my battery. My job requires I have my car every morning and as of right now it wont start, it died on me and didnt want to start midway through work. I had to jimmy rig the cable with some tape and tap it with a hammer a bit before having someone try and start it.

I hope that covers just about any questions you might have, I can answer any others that I missed.

 

Well I am not to familiar with Accords, but negative (ground) wires (along with positive/power wires) are typically pretty straight forward. I looked online for a few photos of that cable set up on the accord and it should be as simple as removing the battery terminal from the post and unbolting the two (or how ever many are actually used) locations it is attached to on the car, then putting the new one back in the same locations.

Assuming it is still the stock crimp connection, you could always buy a new battery terminal, cut the existing terminal off and then strip the wire coating back a bit more on the existing wire and repair it that way.

If you could post a photo or two of what your current wire set up looks like I or someone else can make sure we are telling you the correct thing.

 

What year, model, and trim level is your car?

 

1996 Honda Accord, 4cyl SOHC LX

I actually just got done doing what the first guy to reply suggested, I removed the old battery terminal which was corroded, and beat up. Both from the previous owner and from trying to get it to start at work. I didnt need to replace the cable, I cleaned the little amount of corrosion off of the post and then attached a new terminal that I got from Auto Zone. Wrapped the amount of exposed wire nice and tight with electrical tape. Worked like a charm.

 

you need to put all purpose grease around the battery terminals and posts to ensure they don't corrode