Yes, the easy way to install a side post battery in a 93 Cadillac is by following the service and manual instructions.
original battery and cables were side terminal
Find your battery. Remove the negative post first. Then positive. Install new battery. Hook up positive post first, then negative. VROOM!
Attached to neg post on battery should be labelled with (-) sign if not color coded black.
Take a look see that are easy to tell apart.
Buy a new battery to start off with then you will have to either change the battery cables to sidepost type mounts or buy sidepost type mounts and install them on your old cables.
You can go online to SF Gate and they have How to Install a Light Post in 17 Easy Steps. The website, This Old House also has a step by step guide to Installing a Light Post that is very easy to follow.
No. If the battery post if missing then you will have to buy a new battery. My question to you is how is a battery post missing?
You need to clean the battery post and cable terminals, you are probaly not getting a good connection between the post and terminals.Answerthe alternater on the car is done for you'll need to install a new one
take a small wrench and undo the positive and negative battery cables from the posts. take the old battery out and put the new one in place of the old one, and reconnect the positive to the positive post and the negative to negative.
remome negative post first. Then remove coner frame brace. remove washer fluid container. remove positive post. remove batter locking block. turn battery sideways so positive side points to the front of the car. then at an angle remove battery from tray. install do reverse make sure the last thing you do is connect negative battery post.
You can buy an adapter to convert a side post to top post or visa versa.
Unhook the pos terminal of the battery. touch the pos terminal lead to the ground post on the battery. The computer is now reset. Its that easy!