I went to start the truck after work Wednesday and click... beat the starter with a hammer for awhile and finally turned over, restarted when I got home. Let it sit yesterday, since I did not want to get stuck again. Last night I replaced the starter with a Reman from Auto zone. I watched him bench test the replacement before he sold it to me and it worked. Once it was installed, I get the same click. I can hear the solenoid click on the starter but it is not spinning.

It was cold and late so I packed it in for the night. When I get home today I am going to check the battery's again. Just had them load tested a week ago and they checked fine. is there anything else I should check before I assume I got a junk Autozone starter and pull it again?

04 F250 6.0 no other mods

 

be sure to clean all batt terminal connections including grounds .

 

Remove the belt and see if maybe the A/C or something has seized and not allowing the motor to spin. If no spin then try turning the motor "by hand" and/or remove all glow plugs and watch for fluid coming out.- possibly hydro locked?

just my 2c
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Will the engine turn over using the method in this video? If so you might check the starter relay.

 

Thanks, just got home and going to look over everything we did last night. I hope I don't have to pull it again.

 

Check the wire going to the solenoid at the starter. I thought I had a bad starter on an old f150 and it was the wire. It was badly corroded inside.

 

Click Click usually Means Wires If it was Locked I think the starter May Burn No Clicks But I am Ubsure on this theory

Use a DVM and check the Big hot make shure you have 12volts there

wire diagrams
https://www.ford-trucks.com/ford-man...%20diagram.pdf

You may need to Trace from Key switch to starter as well

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If Hydro could be Suspect it should have smoked for a Few Before

LUPSTEVEN Mentioned Pull the Belt I would also agree

 

I agree Benny. Click is usually poor voltage/bad connection. If it was locked it would eengage and whine a bit. To prove this theroy ....... With key off turn the crank by hand and try again

 

So here is what I ended up doing.

Checked all connections and they were clean and tight. Turned key on and jumped the power to the signal wire, started right up. turned key off tried to restart... nothing but a click.

Pulled new starter back out and took to AutoZone. Surprise, it test good. I switch it out anyway and re install. Batteries are now too low to fire it over. Jump it to my buddy's Chevy (never gonna hear the end of that one) and it starts right up. So the batteries are on the charger and I hope it starts fine in the morning, I have to go pick up my new trailer at 9am.

My thoughts are the solenoid on the "new" one had a issue. I am pretty sure it will start in the morning, but if not I will be back to rant. Just had the batteries tested two weeks ago, but think I will go get new ones just to be sure

 

When you get it all charger up you may want to do a
voltage drop test. This way you will know that the cables
are good or not and if not you can fix it.



Sean

 

Sean I watched that video once Its Good

But its GREAT for the ABC's of it


I think he May Have a Parasitic type Voltage Drain if his Batterys was Also Dead

 

Right I don't think its the Starter

You might need to check with a DVM before you get stranded Just like Sean Video
If it tests OK then we will Move on to test something else

What I see is you Mess with the Wires each time and BOOM it starts then Goes to a NO STart again Maybe a Wire Chaff

Could also be a Flakey relay so

 

I have one for that too. From EricTheCarGuy.


Sean

 

That's a Good One Too^^^