2000 Mercury Cougar Owner Guide 1st Printing - Page 184

Roadside emergencies 2. Connect the other end of the positive (+) cable to the positive (+) terminal of the assisting battery. 3. Connect the negative (-) cable to the negative (-) terminal of the assisting battery. 4. Make the final connection of the negative (-) cable to an exposed metal part of the stalled vehicle's engine, away from the battery and the carburetor. The preferred locations of an exposed metal part (to ground" the circuit) are the accessible engine mount studs or an engine lifting eye". Do not use fuel lines, engine rocker covers, or the intake manifold as grounding" points. 184