Push-Starting - Ford EVEREST 2009 Manual

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Tuesday, February 10 2009 12:55 AM
In Case of an Emergency
Emergency Starting
1. Make sure the booster battery is 12 V
and that its negative terminal is
grounded.
2. If the booster battery is in another
vehicle, don't allow both vehicles to
touch. Turn off the engine of the
vehicle with the booster battery and all
unnecessary electrical loads in both
vehicles.
3. Connect the jumper leads in the exact
sequence as in the illustration.
Connect one end of a lead to the
l
positive terminal on the discharged
battery (1).
Attach the other end to the positive
l
terminal on the booster battery (2).
Connect one end of the other lead to
l
the negative terminal of the booster
battery (3).
Connect the other end to away from
l
the discharged battery (4).
4. Start the engine of the booster vehicle
and run it a few minutes. Then start the
engine of the other vehicle.
5. When finished, carefully disconnect the
leads in the reverse order described in
the illustration.
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Push-Starting

WARNING
Never tow a vehicle to start it:
Towing a vehicle to start it is
dangerous. The vehicle being towed
could surge forward when its engine
starts, causing the two vehicles to
collide. The occupants could be
injured.
With catalytic converter
Vehicle should not be push-started.
Without catalytic converter
If the battery isn't dead, you may push-
start a vehicle, but carefully follow these
steps:
1. Turn off all unneeded electrical
accessories.
2. Turn the ignition switch to the ON
position.
3. Depress the clutch pedal and shift into
third before push-starting.
(4×4, manual transmission)
The transfer shift lever must be in 2H
before the vehicle is pushed.
Set the transfer shift lever to 2H and
push the RFW lock switch OFF. The
indicator in the instrument panel that
shows the front wheel mechanism is
locked will go off.
4. Slowly release the clutch pedal when
speed reaches about 15 km/h (9 mph),
then depress the accelerator halfway
until the engine starts.