Im lost so i hope someone can help me. I have a 1986 F150 with a 4.9L six. i was changing my starter solenoid monday and after i put it on, nothing worked. it acted like there was no battery. went back to autozone and found out they gave me the wrong one. i got the right one and put it on but still nothing. i tried changing both battery cables and still nothing.

im sure its blown fuse or a short but i dont know where it could be. all the fuses in the fuse box look fine.

 

did you put the smaller wires on the battery side of the relay.these are the ones that power every thing,and charge your battery.

 

Check and see if you have any bad fuseable links as well.

 

hey big ben you're a supporter now!! thats great!!! was kinda worried a bad start drove you off... truely glad to see you're pulling your weight and sticking around!!!
-sorry for jacking the thread

 

I am not going to let a little disagreement push me away.

 

glad to hear it!

 

Thanks to everyone for your help. it turned out to be a combination of things. i had the wires to the solenoid on the wrong post but switching to the right one didnt fix it because the solenoid posts were stripped. i replaced the solenoid and finally switched the wires to the right post and when i turned the key it cranked....and kept cranking when i pulled the key out. turns out the new solenoid i bought was bad. after i got another new solenoid and got the wires on the right post everything worked and the engine ran great.