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Your Camaro may be towed on
all four wheels, at speeds of
less
than 35 mph, for distances up to
50 miles, provided driveline, axle
and transmission are otherwise
normally operable. For such tow
ing, parking brake must be re
leased, transmission must be in
neutral
and ignition lock turned to
OFF position. Attachments must
be to main structural members of
the car, not to bumpers or brac
keting. Separate safety chains
or
cables should be used. Remember
that power brake and steering
as
sists will not be available when
engine
is inoperative.
Emergency Starting
• Never tow the car to start be
cause the surge forward when
the engine starts could cause a
collision with the tow vehicle.
• Engines in vehicles with auto
matic transmissions cannot be
started by (towing
or) pushing
the car.
• To start the car when the Ener
gizer (battery)
is discharged,
use a single auxiliary battery or
Energizer of the same nominal
voltage
(12 volts) as the dis
charged battery, with suitable
jumper cables.
• Make connections as set forth
below under
"Jump Starting
with Auxiliary (Booster) Bat
tery" to lessen the chance of
personal injury
or property
damage.
Jump Starting with
Auxiliary (Booster) Battery
Both booster and discharged
battery should be treated carefully
when using jumper cables. Follow
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exactly the procedure outlined be
low, being careful not to cause
sparks:
1. Set parking brake and place
automatic transmission in
"PARK" (neutral for manual
transmission). Turn
off lights,
heater and other electrical loads.
2. Remove vent caps from both
the booster and the discharged
batteries. Lay a cloth over the
open vent wells of each battery.
These two actions help reduce
the explosion hazard always
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connecting
"live" booster bat
teries to
"dead" batteries.
3 . Attach one end of one jumper
cable to the positive terminal of
the
booster battery (identified by
a red color,
"+" or "P" on
the battery case, post or clamp)
and the other end of same cable
to. positive terminal of dis
charged 6attery. Do NOT per
mit cars to touch each other, as
this could establish a ground
connection and counteract the
benefits of this procedure.
4. Attach one end of the remaining
negative cable to the negative
terminal (black color,
"-" or
"N") of the booster battery, and
the other end to the engine lift
bracket on 6 cylinder models
and the delcotron mounting
bracket for
V-8 models (see
illustrations) of your 1973
Camaro (do not connect direct
ly to negative post
of dead bat
tery)
-taking care that clamps
from one cable do not inadver
tently touch the clamps on the
other cable. Do not lean over
the battery when making this
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connection.
Reverse this sequence exactly
when removing the jumper cables.
Re-install vent caps and throw
cloths away
as the cloths may have
corrosive acid on them.
