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    You might want to consider a battery operated sawzaw or reciprocating saw and hammer to remove the terminal wire and post. As far as wire strippers on battery cables I use my Buck knife and plyers.

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    My opinion and not a plug for any one manufacturer:

    harbor freight long handle dykes and electrician cable cutters. Split the loom and take 2 or 3 bights to cut. These do everything I need. Anything larger will be more costly although available. A reciprocating saw is quicker.

    Wire stripper that I have used is the larger square rectangular aluminum hand crank version available on eBay, Amazon, and even Walmart. Do NOT buy the smaller version as it is poor. Mount this on a piece of plywood, attach a variable speed drill to it set at a comfortable speed, and go. Abought $90 - 100. Works best on solid strand or 10 gage and heavier stranded. I quit stripping anything smaller, but if you choose too, small board with holes drilled and drywall screws threaded into holes, set in vise. Set depth of screw to heavy score plastic jacket and pull and pull....... Visit YouTube. Lot of info there. All in one units have come down in price also. Let your budget be your guide. Lot of trial and error involved in wire stripping efficiently and your patience will be tested. Time may not be worth payback and only you can decide.

    Hope this helps.

    Side note: with more yards having shredders now, semi valuable components in vehicles may not be worth disassembly. The shredder takes care of separation of alloys and yards pricing can reflect this. An example could be electric motors which are only couple cents more than sheet metal . Used to be motors paid lots better, not anymore. Around here anyway.

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