Oldsmobile 1999 Silhouette - Manual (Page 275)

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7. Connect the red positive (+) cable to the positive (+)
terminal of the vehicle with the dead battery. Use a
remote positive (+) terminal if the vehicle has one.
8. Don’t let the other end
touch metal. Connect it
to the positive (+)
terminal of the good
battery. Use a remote
positive (+) terminal if
the vehicle has one.
9. Now connect the
black negative ( - ) cable
to the good battery’s
negative (
- ) terminal.
Don’t let the other end touch anything until the next
step. The other end of the negative (
- ) cable doesn’t go
to the dead battery. It goes to a heavy unpainted metal
part on the engine of the vehicle with the dead battery.