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Asked by richardhoweth Jan 25, 2010 at 04:31 PM about the 1970 MG MGB Roadster

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 1970 Mgb roadster with right hand drive.  The car uses 2 six volt batteries.  What is the proper way to jump start it from a 12 volt battery?  Can someone help?

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Curtis answered 14 years ago

pos cable on pos terminal of one batt and neg cable on neg terminal of other batt

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richardhoweth answered 14 years ago

I have done it that way in the past and burned up the 2 batteries. I was told there neg cable should be hooked elsewhere. Do you know anything about that?

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Curtis answered 14 years ago

take a look at this http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080211074222AAZHZa6

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