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Rear knuckle upper and lower pivot lubrication (left and right).... 8-42
Steering shaft lubrication .............. 8-43
Wheel removal .............................. 8-44
Tire replacement ........................... 8-44
Wheel installation .......................... 8-45
Battery ........................................... 8-47
Jump-starting ................................ 8-51
Fuse replacement ......................... 8-53
Replacing a headlight bulb ........... 8-55
Headlight beam adjustment .......... 8-58
Tail/brake light bulb replacement ................................ 8-58
Troubleshooting ............................ 8-60
Troubleshooting charts ................. 8-62
CLEANING AND STORAGE............ 9-1 A. Cleaning...................................... 9-1
B. Storage ....................................... 9-2
SPECIFICATIONS.......................... 10-1 CONSUMER INFORMATION ........ 11-1
Identification number records ........ 11-1
910
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5B410022Jump-starting
Jump-starting the vehicle should be avoided.
The battery should be removed and charged
instead.
WARNING
To avoid battery explosion and/or serious
damage to the electrical system:●
Do not connect the negative lead of
the jumper cable to the negative termi-
nal of the battery.
●
Do not touch the positive lead of the
jumper cable to the negative lead.
●
Do not reverse the polarity of the
jumper cables when connecting to the
batteries.
However, if the vehicle must be jump-started,
proceed as follows.1. Turn the key to “OFF”.
2. Open the hood. (See pages 8-7–8-8 for
hood opening and closing procedures.)
3. Remove the battery compartment cover.
(See pages 8-48–8-50 for battery com-
partment cover removal and installation
procedures.)
4. Remove the console. (See page 8-9 for console removal and installation proce-
dures.)
5. Using a charged 12-volt battery, connect the positive lead of the jumper cable to
the positive terminal of the battery in the
vehicle and the other end of the positive
lead to the positive terminal of the
charged battery.
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1. Jumper cable positive lead
6. Connect the negative lead of the jumper
cable to the negative terminal of the
charged battery and the other end of the
negative lead to an unpainted metal sur-
face of the crankcase to be started.
1. Jumper cable negative lead7. Start the engine. (Refer to “Starting the engine” on pages 6-2–6-3.)
8. After the engine starts, disconnect the
negative lead of the jumper cable from
the crankcase and charged battery, and
then disconnect the positive lead of the
jumper cable from the charged battery
and the battery in the vehicle.
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