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Answer by Chris Johns for Using a car with an inaccessible negative battery...

Often when vehicles have inaccessible battery terminals there will be specific jump start or charging terminals somewhere more convenient. This is often the case with vans which frequently have the...

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Answer by Newbie Noob for Using a car with an inaccessible negative battery...

As Paulster2 said, any bare metal should provide a good ground.Most common places to attach leads in your situation would be a lifting eye (if your engine has them), the body of the alternator is...

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Answer by Xeno555 for Using a car with an inaccessible negative battery...

AS mentioned. It is a shared ground (all exposed metal is a ground. So connect to any none painted metal. Though they normally have a bolt or something to attach to near the battery.

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Answer by Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 for Using a car with an inaccessible negative battery...

Any ground (earth) location will work. On my '06 Silverado, there are places to hook the jumpers which are away from the battery. You don't even hook the jumpers to the battery no matter which way...

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Using a car with an inaccessible negative battery terminal to jump start

When trying to jump start my Volvo XC-60, I came across a very unexpected problem.I tried to use our 2nd vehicle, a 2010 Ford Escape, as the assisting car to jump start mine. But when I looked at the...

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