Can I use jumper cables to start a 1970 12 volt Volkswagen Beetle? Will this destroy the starter, or should I use a battery charger?|||Lift the sitting cushion off the back seat attach cables and jump start, had 6 BEATLES..
Will NOT destroy anything.|||Does not do damage to the starter. More so, if you are not careful and do a cross connect and you have an alternator, it will fry that. Yours or the other car. Battery charger is not for jump starting a battery, it is for charging a battery, and if you are always charging your battery, you may have fried your alternator already at some point in time. Any shop needs to check its output.|||Yes. Just not you 6 volt people...
You don't need a shop to test the output, if you have more than 12 volts when you test the battery terminals with a voltmeter with the car running you're ok. if not, probably killed it, or the voltage regulator is going / gone bad.|||you'll be fine, i've done it a few times on my car (71 super) with no adverse results.
just pull the back seat, hook it up, fire the car up!
(and for the first guy that responded about having 6 beatles, for a guy that has had so many, you should learn how to spell beetle! :) )|||I don't see why you couldn't, you could also pop the clutch if you prefer. But ya, a VW Beetle uses a standard battery, as long as you hook it up correctly you should be fine!|||If you have any doubts, use the battery charger but I believe you can us the jumper cables.|||If its going to start, you can push start it, 2nd gear|||Yes, as long as you connect negative to ground. I did several times
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