CAUTION
Corrosionorlooseconnectionscan
causeunwantedelectricalvoltagespikes
atanytimeduringthejump-starting
procedure.
Donotattempttojump-startthemachine
withlooseorcorrodedbatteryterminals,
ordamagetotheenginemayoccur.
DANGER
Jump-startingaweakbatterythatis
crackedorfrozenorhasalowelectrolyte
leveloranopen/shortedbatterycellcan
causeanexplosion,resultinginserious
personalinjury.
Donotjump-startaweakbatteryifthese
conditionsexist.
4.Makesurethattheboosterbatteryisagood
andfullychargedlead-acidbatteryat12.6Vor
greater.
Note:Useproperlysizedjumpercableswith
shortlengthstoreducevoltagedropbetween
systems.Makesurethatthecablesarecolor
codedorlabeledforthecorrectpolarity.
WARNING
Batteriescontainacidandproduce
explosivegases.
•Shieldyoureyesandfacefromthe
batteriesatalltimes.
•Donotleanoverthebatteries.
Note:Ensurethattheventcapsaretightand
level.Placeadampcloth,ifavailable,overany
ventcapsonbothbatteries.Alsoensurethatthe
machinesdonottouchandthatbothelectrical
systemsareoffandatthesameratedsystem
voltage.Theseinstructionsarefornegative
groundsystemsonly.
5.Connectthepositive(+)cabletothepositive(+)
terminalofthedischargedbatterythatiswired
tothestarterorsolenoidasshowninFigure63.
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Figure63
1.Positive(+)cableon
dischargedbattery
5.Boosterbattery
2.Positive(+)cableon
boosterbattery
6.Dischargedbattery
3.Negative(–)cableonthe
boosterbattery
7.Engineblock
4.Negative(–)cableonthe
engineblock
6.Connecttheotherendofthepositive(+)jumper
cabletothepositiveterminalofthebatteryin
theothermachine.
7.Connectanendofthenegative(-)jumpercable
tothenegativepostofthebatteryintheother
machine.
8.Connecttheotherendofthenegative(-)jumper
cabletoagroundpoint,suchasanunpainted
boltorchassismember.
9.Starttheengineintheothermachine.Letitrun
afewminutes,thenstartyourengine.
10.Removethecablesinthereverseorderof
connection.
11.Installthecovertothejumppost.
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