21100733 Cable Kit | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

A genuine Volvo Penta heavy-current starter cable kit used in selected D13 marine and TAD16 genset starting systems. The preassembled cable provides the correctly sized conductors, terminals and protective boots for the starter-motor and junction-box circuit.

🚤 Compatibility

• Engine Family: D, TWD, TAD
• Year Range: Approximately late 2000s onward

Full model list at the end of this description.

⚙️ Key Features

• Genuine Volvo Penta starter cable assembly
• Correct conductor size for high-current cranking
• Factory terminal orientation and branch lengths
• Used with starter motor 23288365 where specified
• Designed for D13 and TAD16 starting-system routing
• Engine type: Volvo Penta D13 marine and TAD16 genset diesel
• Quantity varies by assembly, most commonly two

📋 Kit Contents

• 1 x preassembled starter power cable assembly - Volvo Penta 21100733
• Terminals, conductor branches and protective boots are integral to cable kit 21100733 and are not separately serviced

🔌 Function

The cable carries battery current to the starter motor and connects the starter circuit to the engine junction box with the correct current capacity and routing.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Starter cranks slowly despite charged batteries
• Cable terminals overheat or discolour
• Insulation is cracked or chafed
• Voltage drop is excessive during cranking
• Cable has been damaged during starter or engine-cover work

🛠️ Service Notes

• Isolate the batteries first, and lay the new cables alongside the old to confirm lengths and routing before anything is cut, clipped or connected
• Keep to the original route and support intervals, well clear of hot surfaces, sharp edges and moving parts, with grommets or sleeving wherever the run passes through a panel or bracket
• Clean every terminal and earth face to bright metal and tighten to the specified figure, then protect the joint — a poor earth shows up later as a dozen unrelated electrical faults
• Fit the kit complete, including its fuses, holders, boots, seals and ties; those protective parts are what make it a marine installation rather than just wire
• Leave a little slack across flexible mountings, reconnect the batteries last, and check the affected circuits through before closing everything up

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM / Related Numbers

• 23288365 related starter motor
• 21546674 related cable kit
• 3885093 related junction box
• 3888763 related gasket
• 21308514 related insulating bushing

📦 Condition

• Genuine Volvo Penta part
• Brand new
• Supplied in original or equivalent packaging

🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta D13C2-B MP, D13C2-A MP, D13C4-A MP, D13B-A MP, D13B-H MP, D13B-G MP, D13B-L MP, D13B-K MP, D13B-C MP, D13C4-B MP, D13C5-B MP, D13C6-A MP, D13C5-A MP, D13C7-B MP, D13C8-B MP
• Volvo Penta D16C-A MG, D16C-A MH, D16C-B MH, D16C-C MH, D16C-D MH
• Volvo Penta TAD1640-42GE-B, TAD1640GE, TAD1640VE-B
• Volvo Penta TAD1641VE-B, TAD1641GE, TAD1641VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1642VE-B, TAD1642GE, TAD1642VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1650GE, TAD1650VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1643VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1651GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1660-62VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1662VE EU5
• Volvo Penta TWD1643GE
• Volvo Penta TWD1663GE