1996 Chevrolet Astro Owner's Manual - Page 177
1996 Chevrolet Astro Manual
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A CAUTION: Fans or other moving engine parts can injureyou badly. Keep the your hands away from moving parts once engines are running. 6. Connect the red positive (+) cable to the positive (+) terminal of the vehicle with the dead battery. Use a remote positive (+) terminal if the vehicle has one. Dead Battery (+) Good Battery (+) 7. Don't let the other end touch metal. Connect it to the positive (+) terminal of the good battery. Use a remote positive (+) terminal if the vehicle has one. 8. Now connect the black negative (-) cable to thegood battery's negative (-) terminal. Don't let the otherend touch anything until the next step. The otherend of the negative cable doesn't go to the battery. It goes to a heavy dead unpainted metalpart of the vehicle with the dead battery. 5-5