[DeTomaso] NPC - jump starting a car

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

My own addition to the conversation is to use "Rubber" when hooking up.

Get your minds out of the gutter.  :-)

RBBR

Connect Red and Black to one car first and Black, then Red to the other car
second. Disconnect in the same manner backwards.
This will protect your electronics,  etc.

Remember "RBBR"

Michael Shortt
On Aug 30, 2013 5:24 AM, "Larry - Ohio Time Corp" <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>
wrote:

> Charlie,
>
> Putting the jumper on the chassis is fine but the starter is grounded to
> the
> motor block, and that is grounded to the chassis. A lot of places as Doug
> said, for a bad connection. Putting the (-) jumper cable on the block, not
> to EZ in a Pantera, eliminates many of the potential bad connections.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry (sparks) - Cleveland
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On
> Behalf
> Of Charles McCall
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 7:19 AM
> To: Tomas Gunnarsson
> Cc: Pantera list serve
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - jump starting a car
>
> I tried both. I began by grounding to the chassis, and when I got desperate
> I connected directly to the terminals of the bad battery. No difference.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se> wrote:
>
> >  How are you jumping the car? Are you connecting the cables to the
> > terminals of the bad battery or are you grounding the donor to e.g. the
> > engine block? I would start by disconnecting both battery terminals and
> > thoroughly cleaning them.
> >
> > Tomas
> >
> > <-----Ursprungligt Meddelande----->
> >        *From: Charles McCall [charlesmccall at gmail.com]*
> > Sent: 25/8/2013 8:00:25 PM
> > To: detomaso at poca.com
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC - jump starting a car
> >
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> >
> >
> > The car in question hadn't been started in literally 3 months. I went to
> > start it on Thursday and the battery was discharged. I hooked a trickle
> > charger up to it overnight, and Friday morning the car started just fine.
> >
> >
> >
> > I drove the car during the day, had no trouble starting it on the 4-5
> > occasions I had to start it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Today, Sunday, two days later the car wouldn't start again (I was going
> to
> > move it to hook the trickle charger up to it and let it charge for a week
> > or
> > however long it takes to completely charge). I got some jumper cables and
> > am
> > trying to start the car but it won't turn over.
> >
> >
> >
> > When I turn the key, the interior light goes out which indicates to me
> > that
> > the battery is discharged. I hooked up the jumper cables and the car
> still
> > won't turn over (and the interior light goes out).
> >
> >
> >
> > If I turn the headlights on on the car with the dead battery, I can see
> > that
> > the lights get noticeably brighter when connecting the jumper cables so I
> > have to believe that current is reaching the battery. What can possibly
> be
> > the problem?
> >
> >
> >
> > If the connection weren't good, then the headlights wouldn't get
> brighter.
> > But on the other hand, if the connection were good then the interior
> light
> > wouldn't go out when I try engaging the starter, right?
> >
> >
> >
> > This is kind of a problem as now the dead car is blocking the good car
> > from
> > getting out of the garage (and therefore going to work tomorrow!)
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> > Charles McCall
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