Battery Cable Corrosion, Cable Unavailable

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So the other day I noticed that my battery tender CTEK had a flashing light. I thought it just didn't reset properly after a power outage. I unplugged it from the wall and reset it. A day later and still flashing to I took a look at the battery and this is what I found.


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Not something I wanted to see.

So after cleaning off the crud, the cable end it trash. I did some searching for a replacement cable and got no love,


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Every site I found listed it as unavailable or discontinued. It is the ground cable for my 2013 ZR1. Now I've got the tools to build a new cable but I really want an OEM replacement cable. Does anyone know of a source for this cable or even the cable end by itself? Being Sunday I have to wait until tomorrow to check with my local dealer but from what I've found I'm not feeling lucky.

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