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1. Jump Start (score: 1): Author: "Scott Regel" <SRegel@dpra.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 11:22:52 EST; Can you jump start the "B" without frying anything? I have a battery charger that can jump start it, but was wondering if I would be opening a can of worms. I've got to get a new battery, but don't h; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00621.html (7,084 bytes)
2. Re: Jump Start (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:54:36 -0000; I am sure you will get loads of people saying it will fry your alternator, but I have been a jumpee and a jumper on a number of occasions with a number of cars over 30 years and not had one fail yet.; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00623.html (8,254 bytes)
3. Re: Jump Start (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian" <microdoc@apk.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 12:40:45 -0500; Hi Scott, Your 1976 MGB is wired "negative to ground"; so is virtually every car made since at least 1970. If you are going to jump start from another vehicle, confirm that both cars have their negat; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00627.html (9,348 bytes)
4. Re: Jump Start (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:15:51 -0500 (EST); 1) It is my understanding that you can even jump different-polarity cars as long as you put the negative cable on the battery terminal itself and not the body of the vehicle. I confess to never havin; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00629.html (12,056 bytes)
5. Re: Jump Start (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian" <microdoc@apk.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:48:01 -0500; a short circuit between cars with all those clamps dangling about. Also, it is easier to make these connections safely with an extra set of hands, but we don't always have that luxury. The results o; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00630.html (13,981 bytes)
6. Re: Jump Start (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:57:11 -0800; The philosophy behind the "right way to jump" is to avoid making the last connection on a battery terminal. The 'by-the-book' technique always has the last connection being made to a solid ground on; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00637.html (13,395 bytes)
7. Re: Jump Start (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mlishego@asheboro.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:11:14 -0500; I've heard it said that you can goof your alternator up when jumping another car or getting your B jumped. Oddly enough, both times I had an alternator failure were days after jumping another car or; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00639.html (8,727 bytes)
8. Re: Jump Start (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:48:56; Sounds good enough to me - I always thought that by having a return path in place - by the negs already being connected - that it would avoid a spark, and that a spark was more likely to arise by hav; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg00641.html (14,422 bytes)

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