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DANGER
Jump-startingaweakbatterythatis
crackedorfrozen,orhasalowelectrolyte
leveloranopen/shortedbatterycellcan
causeanexplosionresultinginserious
personalinjury.
Donotjump-startaweakbatteryifthese
conditionsexist.
2.Makesurethattheboosterbatteryisagoodand
fullychargedlead-acidbatteryat12.6voltsor
greater.Useproperlysizedjumpercableswith
shortlengthstoreducevoltagedropbetween
systems.Makesurethatthecablesarecolor
codedorlabeledforthecorrectpolarity.
CAUTION
Connectingthejumpercablesincorrectly
(wrongpolarity)canimmediatelydamage
theEFIsystem.
Becertainofbatteryterminalpolarity
andjumpercablepolaritywhenhooking
upbatteries.
WARNING
Batteriescontainacidandproduce
explosivegases.
•Shieldtheeyesandfacefromthe
batteriesatalltimes.
•Donotleanoverthebatteries.
Note:Besuretheventcapsaretightandlevel.
Placeadampcloth,ifavailable,overanyvent
capsonbothbatteries.Besurethevehiclesdo
nottouchandthatbothelectricalsystemsareoff
andatthesameratedsystemvoltage.These
instructionsarefornegativegroundsystems
only.
3.Connectthepositive(+)cabletothepositive(+)
terminalofthedischargedbatterythatiswired
tothestarterorsolenoidasshowninFigure64.
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Figure64
1.Positive(+)cableon
dischargedbattery
5.Boosterbattery
2.Positive(+)cableon
boosterbattery
6.Dischargedbattery
3.Negative(–)cableonthe
boosterbattery
7.Engineblock
4.Negative(–)cableonthe
engineblock
4.Connecttheotherendofthepositivecableto
thepositiveterminaloftheboosterbattery.
5.Connecttheblacknegative(–)cabletotheother
terminal(negative)oftheboosterbattery.
6.Makethenalconnectionontheengine
blockofthestalledvehicle(nottothe
negativebatterypost)awayfromthebattery
andstandback(Figure66).
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Figure65
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Figure66
1.Engineblock
2.Negative(–)cable
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