FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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CAUTION: Always make sure there is an electrical load (lamp bulb, etc.), in any circuit, between battery terminals. Do not make a short circuit between battery terminals with a jumper wire. Hazardous sparking would result.

Test Description

Steps 1 Thru 11:




The numbers refer to steps on the diagnostic table.
1. Bulb test. Clip one end of a jumper wire to the negative battery terminal. Clip the other end of the jumper wire to the end of the bulb. Take the free end of the bulb (the end without the jumper attached) and touch it to the positive battery terminal.