In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 2 Jan 2020 17:33:47 -0500, "Phil Kangas"
wrote:


"Clare Snyder"
GENERALLY the "hiccup" will reset the light and go out of
limp mode
itself if it is not redetected in a number of restarts. If
you do
disconnect the battery short the disconnected ground cable
to the
positive to short and drain any charge from the computer.
The VEHICLE
end of the ground cable to the positive cable - NOT the
battery
end!!!!!!!

Please re-read this, Clare, and clarify this.
It sounds 'fishy' to me... phil

He said it right. He's discharging the car, not the battery.

Without the battery connected, the car won't have much charge but it can
have enough to hold settings, and the goal was to reset the
transmission.