Oldsmobile ALERO 2001 Owner's Manual page 215

7. Connect the red positive (+) cable to the positive (+)
terminal of the vehicle with the dead battery.
5-6
8. Don't let the other end
9. Now connect the
Don't let the other end touch anything until the next
step. The other end of the negative (
go to the dead battery. It goes to a heavy, unpainted
metal part on the engine of the vehicle with the
dead battery.
touch metal. Connect it
to the positive (+)
terminal of the good
battery. Use a remote
positive (+) terminal if
the vehicle has one.
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black negative ( )
cable to the
good battery's
-
negative ( ) terminal.
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) cable doesn't