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is it in neutral?

There are a few things between the key and the starter motor, and "power" is not a specific enough reading to decide anything.
If you jack the drive wheels off the floor, and then jumper (only for a small moment) between the battery positive (large cable and post on the starter) and the smaller wire on the starter, what happens?
  • Posted 19 Jan 2011 08:45
  • By edward_t
  • joined 5 Mar'08 - 2,334 messages
  • South Carolina, United States
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