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JUMP STARTING STANDARD PROCEDURE - JUMP STARTING WARNING: Review all safety precautions and warnings in battery/starting/charging sections. Do not jump CAUTION: When using another vehicle as a booster, do not allow vehicles to touch. Electrical systems can TO JUMP START A DISABLED VEHICLE: 1. Raise hood on disabled vehicle and visually inspect engine compartment for: • Battery cable clamp condition, clean if necessary. • Frozen battery. • Yellow or white color test indicator, if equipped. • Generator drive belt condition and tension. • Fuel fumes or leakage, correct if necessary. CAUTION: If the cause of starting problem on disabled vehicle is severe, damage to booster vehicle charg- 2. When using another vehicle as a booster source, park the booster vehicle within cable reach. Turn off all acces- sories, set the parking brake, place the automatic transmission in PARK or the manual transmission in NEUTRAL 3. On disabled vehicle, place gear selector in park or neutral and set park brake. Turn off all accessories. 4. Connect jumper cables to booster battery. RED clamp to positive terminal (+) or remote terminal. BLACK clamp to negative terminal (-). DO NOT allow clamps at opposite end of cables to touch, electrical arc will result. 5. On disabled vehicle connect RED jumper cable clamp to positive (+) remote terminal. Connect BLACK jumper cable clamp to engine ground. a. Pull the protective sleeve from the remote positive terminal labeled Position Jump Post Attachment. b. Connect RED jumper cable clamp to positive (+) remote terminal. c. Connect BLACK jumper cable clamp to Negative Jump Post Attachment or engine ground as close to the ground cable attaching point as possible 6. Start the engine in the vehicle which has the booster battery, let the engine idle a few minutes, then start the engine in the vehicle with the discharged battery. PM LUBRICATION & MAINTENANCE 0 - 23 |