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"  Tools: Jumper cables, good Samaritan 1. Shut off the running car&amp;#039;s engine and pop both cars&amp;#039; hoods.  2. Remove the rubber caps protecting the terminals atop each battery. Identify the positive and negative terminals. (If the + and \u2014 symbols have been obscured somehow, note that the negative terminal is almost always connected directly to the car&amp;#039;s frame by a short, black cable. The positive terminal is usually connected by several colored cables to various parts of the engine.)  3. Connect the jumper cables in this order: dead-battery positive to good-battery positive; good-battery negative to the engine block or frame of the dead-battery car. (Connect to raw metal only, not painted or otherwise coated.) 4. Start the good car and let it run for about five minutes, then try to start the dead car. If this fails, try again in another five minutes. If it still doesn&amp;#039;t work, the battery is beyond help. Call a tow truck. 5. Disconnect the cables in the reverse order that you connected them. RELATED STORIES:  TIPS: How to Parallel Park (Like a Man)  CARS: Find More Articles About Cars in the Archive   PLUS: More Skills Every Man Should Know   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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