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Originally Posted by 5cylinder
Every time I've read this over the years, the same question has occurred to me so I'll finally jump in and ask it:
If I was to use a length of wire to jump, what gauge of wire is appropriate so that I avoid melting the wire and potentially starting a fire? 
Thanks for any clarifications. |
Remember you are only activating the Starter Solenoid and in fact your Glow Plug Relay so you are not dealing with massive amperage. I have done it with 16 gauge wire and in fact the remote starter switch I have also seems to have 16 gauge wire on it.
Also I am only suggesting that you just do it to see if you can get it to crank and not specifically to try to start the engine so you are only going to apply the jumper wires briefly.
Also if you look at the front 2 wires where they are crimped you can kind of get an idea what gauge the wires are.
Also obviously if the jumper wire starts getting hot let go of it.