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Where is the positive post of battery, which side?

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It will be the one with the red battery cable going to it, also look at the battery posts, one side should have a positive sign (+) and the other should have a negative sign (-). If for some reason you battery is so messed up that it has no signs and someone rigged a different color cable to the positive, check the power from the battery with a volt meter. Just run the black lead from the volt meter to a clean metal area which will be your ground, and put the red lead from the volt meter to one post at a time on the battery. The one that shows current will be the positive terminal. Hope this helps.

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It should have a + sign on it. Or, if it's in the car already, it will have a + sign, and the red cable will be hooked to it. The negative runs to the engine block, and the positive to the starter, or relay. Both are marked with a + or - sign molded into the battery body.

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