Electric cutting out on start

[Warren]

So I had an issue for a while where the car wouldnt start up occasionally, you would hear it start to start for a split second and then nothing, try again and nothing at all.. so I would have to hit the starter with my flashlight and the car would start fine...

Now I try to start my car and all the electric just cuts off. I have to wiggle the wires at the battery terminal to restore power, try to start it again, **** everything shuts off. I took the cables off of the battery to find my negative battery cable completly corroded with white stuff. I chopped off the first inch and a half and removed some of the rubber insulater and its corroded all the way down. What would cause this to happen? If I want to replace my negative cable, where is the other end connected to?

 

[walser]

the one end is to the bat and other is on mounting bolt to the starter, should be 15mm. real easy, takes about 5 min to replace.

 

[Rubix]

You need a new battery and everything should be alright. Clean your cables up real well, replace if they are too corroded.