Jump starting a 4gen

by **ysKn** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:29 pm

Noob question:
Is there a way to jump start a facelifted 4gen without taking off the engine cover?
I was trying to jump start my Liberty earlier and I couldn't find any exposed metal brackets to attach the negative to ground it. Ended up just attaching it to the battery.
Cheers.

by **Sean82** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:19 am

Just attach to battery then. That's how I've always jump started all my cars (unfortunately I have had to all too often

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by **Surge** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:24 am

I've jump started a bunch of times but attaching the negative cable to one of the nuts that hold the passenger side front strut in place.

by **Deep Heat** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:05 am

Positive to positive
Negative (on good battery) to random solid bit of exposed metal

by **ysKn** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:41 pm

Deep Heat wrote: to random solid bit of exposed metal

Which bit do you use?

by **HyRax** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:41 pm

The engine block has a knob of metal at the front-middle specifically for attaching the ground jumper cable. See your owners manual for specific info.