dead battery OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS 1997 Owners Manual

7. 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.
5-6
8. 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.
9. Now connect the black
negative
(-) cable to
the good battery’s
negative
(-) terminal.
Don’t let the other end
touch anything until
the next step. The other
end
of the negative
cable
doesn’t go to the
dead battery. It goes to
a heavy unpainted
metal
part on the engine
of the vehicle with the
dead battery.
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A. Heavy Metal Engine Part
B. Good Battery
C. Dead Battery
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Compact Disc Player ............................ 3-14
Compact Spare Tire
............................. 5-32
Control of a Vehicle
.............................. 4-6
Convenience Net
............................... 2-43
Convex Outside Mirror
.......................... 2-40
Coolant
....................................... 6- 16
Adding
..................................... 6-19
Checking
................................... 6-18
Heater. Engine
............................... 2- 15
SurgeTank .................................. 5-14
Surge Tank Pressure Cap
....................... 6- 19
Whattouse
................................. 6-17
Cooling System
................................ 5-14
Courtesy Transportation
........................... 8-6
Cruise Control
................................. 2-32
CruiseLight
................................... 2-60
Cupholder, Center Console
....................... 2-42
Cupholder, Instrument Panel
...................... 2-42
Cupholder, Rear Seat
............................ 2-42
Customer Assistance for Text Telephone Users
......... 8-4
Customer Assistance Information
................... 8- 1
Customer Satisfaction Procedure .................... 8-2
Damage. Finish
............................... 6-47
Damage. Sheet Metal
............................ 6-47
Daytime Running Lamps
......................... 2-36
Dead Battery
................................... 5-3
Defects. Reporting Safety
......................... 8-8
Defensive Driving ............................... 4-2
Defogger. Rear Window
.......................... 3-5 Defogging
..................................... 3-4
Dimensions. Vehicle
............................ 6-58
Dolby' B Noise Reduction
.................. 3.12. 3.17
Dome Lamp
................................... 2-38
Dome Lamp Bulb Replacement
.................... 6-31
DoorLocks
..................................... 2-4
Drive. Automatic Transaxle
....................... 2-19
DriverPosition
................................. 1-12
Driving City
........................................ 4-19
Defensive
.................................... 4-2
Drunken
..................................... 4-3
Freeway
.................................... 4-20
InaBlizzard
................................. 4-26
In Foreign Countries
........................... 6-5
IntheRain .................................. 4-16
Night
...................................... 4-14
OnCurves
................................... 4-9
On Grades While Towing a Trailer ............... 4-38
On Hill and Mountain Roads
.................... 4-22
On Snow and Ice
............................. 4-25
Throughwater
............................... 4-18
WetRoads
.................................. 4-16
Winter
...................................... 4-24
With a Trailer
................................ 4-36
DrunkenDriving
................................ 4-3
Electrical Equipment. Adding
.......... 2-15. 3-20. 6-50
Electrical System
............................... 6-50
9-3
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