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definitely do a car to car before you go out and buy a new battery. those cigarette lighter chargers aren't always very good.
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The cigarette lighter type jump is only for mildly discharged systems. You need the much heavier gauge of jumper cables to provide sufficient current to jump-start with a severly drained battery.
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"have the battery tested."
Originally Posted by isLoTz
(Post 3466244)
i did already,..
still the same.. I'm also fairly baffled that you drive a manual and do not know or have never tried to push start it. That was one of the first lessons I received in my first car. Not calling you out or anything.... just saying I'm really surprised. Oh well everyone has to learn somehow I suppose. Good luck. |
A couple things I always teach to manual transmission newbies is how to push-start and also how to use the e-brake on hills so as not to roll back when moving from a stop.
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My sister got her first car when she was 16 (I was 12). My dad took us both out and taught us how to drive the car. His first thing was showing us the grabbing point of the clutch and how to use that to know how much gas to give it. Then it was the push start/rolling start, then it was learning how to hold the car on a hill with minimal gas.
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Try car to car (make sure the other car is running) and then jump start it.
You'll probably need a new battery anyway at this point, but you never know. Get it running to confirm its the battery and then take it to an autozone and have them test it... |
Originally Posted by Lord ET
(Post 3467907)
I'm also fairly baffled that you drive a manual and do not know or have never tried to push start it. That was one of the first lessons I received in my first car. Not calling you out or anything.... just saying I'm really surprised. Oh well everyone has to learn somehow I suppose. Good luck.
:dunno: just sayin'...... |
Originally Posted by Huey52
(Post 3467934)
A couple things I always teach to manual transmission newbies is how to push-start and also how to use the e-brake on hills so as not to roll back when moving from a stop.
Oh, and isLoTz, do not just connect the jumper cables from one battery to the other. Hydrogen explodes when you show it a spark. |
okay, thanks for all the input guys..
ima test it later or tomorrow, not sure later coz its raining out here.. peace out be back.. |
Originally Posted by isLoTz
(Post 3468100)
okay, thanks for all the input guys..
ima test it later or tomorrow, not sure later coz its raining out here.. peace out be back.. anyways, jump using jump cables between cars, leave the other car on and go start your car. take the car for a blast on the interstate for half hour after you start it up, go to autozone test the battery out batteries dont always need to be replaced when they are dead unless there are symptoms that its not holding charge, they are rechargable. |
i want to smack you OP... wasted 5 minutes of my life cause you don't know how to jump a car...
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heads up
its all good now i got it work yesterday you we're ryt guys,.. i used car-car and it'd work thanks again once again.. and i hope we all have a nice day rx8 islotz |
Physics ftw yet again. ;)
Now that you can drive, get your battery's capacity checked and it wouldn't hurt to voltmeter your battery terminals when running to assure ~14v Alternator output. |
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