Let us say you find yourself in the middle of the road, riding your favourite muscle car when suddenly, you see a girl, and not just any girl, but a girl that is having problems with her car.

You stop over, you ask her what is wrong and you see that the battery is dead.

Now, what do you do? Would you try to jumpstart the car or just call a local mechanic?

While jumpstarting a car is not that hard, plenty of men do not know how to do it.

Lucky for you, these steps below should help.

 

How To Jump A Car Battery (With A Jumper Cable)

10. Before you learn how to jump a car battery, you need to know first if it is dead or not. All you need to do is turn the key, and see how the car reacts. If it does nothing, then chances are, you probably have a dead battery.

 

9. If you want to learn how to jump a car battery, you need to know first that you must always carry a jumper cable with you. No ifs, no buts, just carry one with you for emergencies.

 

8. If you have a jumper cable with you, make sure to turn off both your car and the car with the dead battery first.

 

7. Get your jumper cable and connect one red jumper cable to the positive terminal of the dead battery, and connect the other end to the positive terminal of the battery that is working.

 

6. Connect the black or negative jumper cable to the negative terminal of the battery that is working and connect the other black end to a clean, unpainted metal surface usually found under the hood of the car with a dead battery. The ideal place is somewhere beneath the engine block.

 

5. Start the car with the working battery and leave it like that for about three minutes before thinking of starting the other car. After that, remove the cables in reverse order and leave the car with the dead battery running for 30 minutes to allow the battery to recharge itself properly.

You just have learned how to jump a car battery. However, what happens if you do not have a jumper cable with you? Do you have no choice but to call on a mechanic and miss the chance to impress the damsel in distress?

No! Learn how to jump a car battery without relying on jumper cables by reading the following steps below and this will probably come in useful in the near future.

 

How To Jump A Car Battery (Without A Jumper Cable)

4. Before you learn how to impress that damsel in distress by knowing how to jump a car battery without jumper cables, you need to know that this only works well with a standard transmission car, and once you have that taken care of, move on to the next step.

 

3. Try to push the car towards a downhill road or a slope with little to no traffic, which works best if you find yourself in the middle of nowhere.

 

2. Put the car in first gear after you depress the clutch and turn the keys on. As you take your foot off the breaks, let the car roll down the hill until you reach 5 to 7 miles an hour, and by this time, you should release the clutch quickly as this should be enough of a time for the engine to turn on and start. Depress the clutch and release it again if this does not work the first time, and that’s pretty much all of what it takes to learn how to jump a car battery without jumper cables.

 

1. If you cannot find yourself a hill or any slope, try to get help from some of your friends or a passerby to give you a push and do everything from step 4 to step 2.

 

There you have it. You have just learned how to jump a car battery both with and without jumper cables.

Be sure to keep these tips in mind, because the next time you find a damsel in distress in the middle of the road, you may just have found yourself a keeper using nothing but your knowledge about how to jump a car battery.

If you have anything else to add or want to share your experience, feel free to leave a comment below.