Jump Starting With Auxiliary (Booster) Battery - Chevrolet 1971 Camaro Owner's Manual

• To. start the car when the Ener-
gizer (battery) is discharged,
use a single auxiliary battery Qr
Energizer Qf the same vQltage as
the discharged battery, with suit-
able jumper cables.
• Make cQnnectiQns detailed as
fQllQws:
Jump Starting with
Auxiliary (Booster) Battery
If booster battery is part Qf an-
Qther vehicle's electrical system,
bQQster shQuld be treated carefully
when using jumper cables. FQllQW
exactly the prQcedure Qutlined be-
IQw, being careful nQt to. cause
sparks:
1. Set parking brake and place
autQmatic transmissiQn in
"PARK" ("NEUTRAL" fQr
manual transmissiQn).
2. Attach Qne end of Qne jumper
cable to. the PQsitive terminal Qf
the booster battery (identified by
"+"
or "P" Qn the battery case,
PQst Qr clamp) and the Qther end
Qf same cable to. PQsitive ter-
minal Qf discharged battery.
3. Attach ene end ef the remain-
ing cable to. negative terminal
("-" er "N") ef booster battery,
and finally to. negative terminal
ef discharged battery - taking
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of
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.houldb.'ch.cked,.ndcoo/.nt .dd.4.
only wh.n the .nglne/. cool.
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whlj."'gln~
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will
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, tol.mov. b"pWh.riengln./s
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care that jumper clamps do. nQt
CQntact each ether,
Reverse this sequence exactly
when remeving the jumper cables.
CAUTION:
Any proc~ur.~th.rt".n the
'
.bove could r •• ult In person.' In/ury
c.us.d by electrolyte .qulrtlng out .th.
b.tt.ryvent., d.m.g. or In/ury due to b.t-
t.ry .xplo./on .ndlor d.m.g.
to
the
charging sy.t.m of the boost., v.hlc/,';
or
Immoblllz.d . v.hlcl.'. chargIng 'Y'-
tem. Do not .ttempt to lump .tart a c.r
havIng • frozen battery b.cau •• the bit-
t.ry
mlY
.xplod..
It •
froz.n b.ttery
I.
su.pect.d, op.n .nd .x.mln ••
11 fill
v.nt. ,
on the b.ttery.
If Ie.
c.n b • .. en, or the
.,.ctrolyt. fluid c.nnotb ••••
n,
do not
att.mpt
to
.tart with /um".r c.bl ...
. ' .
$Iow~y
,otat • .
c.p .
count.rC/ockwl'~
. i Q ;
d.terit(DO NOT PRESS DOWN WHILE
ROTATING).
•. Walt unt/f.ny ,e.ldu.' pressure I.re'
lI.v.d-•• Indlc.t.d by • hissIng .ound.
• p,.ss
down on c.p whll. continuing
to
rot.te counterclockwise.
Radl.tor pre.,ure cap. should b. check.d
by • quallfl.d m.chanlc p.rlodlcally for
proper op.ratlon and replaced .s r ..
qulr.d with the .pplicabl.AC typ •.