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Old 06-28-2009, 03:35 PM   #1
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Opening Boxster s hood

My battery went dead on my 2001 boxster s. I have been trying to jump the pullout jumper point in the fuse box with no luck. All it is doing is clicking. I have a battery with 12.6 volts of power and I have negative from Battery to door post and the hot from the battery to the pullout hood contact poiunt and all it does is click. Any ideas??
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Old 06-28-2009, 04:07 PM   #2
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That should have popped open your hood. If not, then go to an autoparts store and buy a battery maintainer that plugs into your cigarette lighter socket to charge the battery. After a couple of hours, you should have enough power to pop open the hood.
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Do you have to pull that pull fuse all the way out? Maybe I am not getting good ground. What is the best grounding spot
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Do you have to pull that pull fuse all the way out? Maybe I am not getting good ground. What is the best grounding spot
I don't think you have to pull the fuse out. If I recall correctly, I saw someone use the door latch strike plate as the ground.
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I don't think you have to pull the fuse out. If I recall correctly, I saw someone use the door latch strike plate as the ground.
Maybe I did not have good enough ground to make good connection
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Old 06-28-2009, 05:49 PM   #6
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Hood opening and charging. Thanks for the info guys
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Old 06-30-2009, 03:07 AM   #7
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so what did you do different?
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