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On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 19:35, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > I don't need to jumpstart mine at all, but I have read that you should never > jumpstart one...is this true? and if so why? > > -kevin > They can be jump started, (from another cars battery), BUT, be extremely careful about getting the cables connected wrong. I DO NOT recommend jumps starting them with one of the generator units that some emergency service trucks use. Some of these units will put out over 18V. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org