1997 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual - Page 295
1997 Pontiac Trans Sport Manual
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Fans or other moving engine parts can injureyou badly. Keep your hands away from moving parts once the engineis running. 7. Now connect the black negative (-) cable to the good battery's negative (-) terminal. 5. Connect the red positive (+) cable to the positive(+) terminal of the vehicle with the dead battery. Use a remote positive (+) terminal if the vehicle hasone. 6. Don't let the other end touch metal. Connect it to the positive (+) terminal of the good battery. Usea remote positive (+) terminal if the vehicle has one. Don't let theother end touch anything until the next of step. The other end the negative (-) cable duesn 't go to the dead battery. It goes to aheavy unpainted metal part on the engineof the vehicle with the dead battery. 5-6