If the terminal connection clamp to the battery post is making sparks, that is easily repaired. if it is the battery post loose into the battery that requires a new battery. To fix: Keep everything shut off. Remove the ground cable from ground as a safety precaution, and put the end where it can't touch anything. Remove the connection that sparked (by loosening the bolt on the clamp, and pulling up while twisting it off back and forth. Visual analysis is next. Look at the clamp. If it is the type that has one bolt that pinches the clamp on the post, and two that clamp the terminal to the wire, the fix is to go to a truck parts house of NAPA and get a replacement that is #1 gauge wire with correct terminals on both ends. Don't try to fix that type, they are a single source of failure. If the terminal is soldered on and looks undisturbed where the wire attaches to it, the next task is to look at that pinch bolt to see if there is any pinch remaining. If the gap showing between the two halves of the clamp (at the bolt) are together it can't be tightened more. See new cable above. If there is a gap, you need a terminal cleaning brush. it has two ends one is conical and refinishes the inside by rotating a wire brush to de contaminate the inner surface, the other end has a conical hollow with internal wire brush for the post on the battery. Without this tool there is only make shift use of scraping the inside of the terminal with a knife blade and using a regular wire brush. on the post. Jim
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