Alrighty, this is a bit of a later year model truck than my '59, it's my '89, but I've been getting some conflicting answers to this issue, and I'd rather trust you all that know exactly what ya'll are doing. I have a very good NAPA battery, it's pretty new. I have some crappy emergency terminals, where the lead conductive coating is rubbing off. My issue is as follows: whenever I hit the key, the lights all dim way down, and the battery leads running from the terminal to the truck, ESPECIALLY the positive, get extremely hot. I cannot touch them without being burnt. It did not do this, until one day right after replacing the head, I was trying to get it to fire, and a fireball emanted from the TBI (Stupid me, they don't have any methodss for priming ... or for stupidity, otherwise I'd have brightness turned full up ...). Long story short, fast and quick fireball, that did no damage, as far as I could see. It kept cranking, then, when I had used up the battery just a bit more (stopping one minute between 10 second crank intervals), the abovemention issue came to play. I've recharged the battery thrice, no luck. Cables are very new, and have good continuity. Could the terminals not supplying enough power be the problem? (They don't heat up, which is what's making me curious.)
