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Old 12-23-2016, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by upallnight View Post
How do you explain that if he jumps the X from the battery jump terminal in the engine compartment, he can start the engine? Now I'm assuming he is using the same key and the same ignition switch to start the engine, and not a remote starter.
The only thing I could think of when it happened to me was that the jump voltage was enough more that spark arched across the ignition contact points remaining gap, that that particular ramp on the ignition switch had worn to leave a very small gap.
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