Lift the hoods of both vehicles. Note: Some people say you shouldn’t connect the cable directly to the negative terminal of the weak battery for safety reasons. In practice, I’ve always ...

Say you find yourself in the middle of nowhere with a dead battery and no way to roll-start your vehicle. What do you do? If you happen to have enough rope lying around (or belts, for that matter ...

It’s time to connect to the dead battery. The red clamp ... before trying again. Did your car start? Great. Now, it’s time to disconnect the jumper cables. When you disconnect the jumper ...