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Old Aug 1, 2013 | 08:52 PM
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Welcome to fte Semims. Are you sure the cables are ok? Mine visually looked ok, but were shot. Truck wouldn't charge. Make sure on that. Also I'd remove all the grounds and clean them up real good and reinstall.

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Old Aug 1, 2013 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Semims0725
At the end of the road on starting my 95 f250 7.3 powerstroke. Have new aleternator, new starter, both batteries good, and new starter solenoid. Roll start is the only thing I can do for ignition. Turn the key it barely turns amd then just clicking. Checked cables and all are good. Don't know what else to do for it really. Any ideas out there?
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 05:54 AM
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???How would fuse 22 be the problem if he is able to pull start it??? He's having a cranking issue, NOT a starting issue.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Semims0725
At the end of the road on starting my 95 f250 7.3 powerstroke. Have new aleternator, new starter, both batteries good, and new starter solenoid. Roll start is the only thing I can do for ignition. Turn the key it barely turns amd then just clicking. Checked cables and all are good. Don't know what else to do for it really. Any ideas out there?
Darin has you on the right track, but have to add that all battery connections, both the post and cable ends, need to be shiney clean. Also you say that the batteries are good, but how did you check them, just for voltage or load test them? They can show good voltage, but fail the load test.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by 427 fordman
???How would fuse 22 be the problem if he is able to pull start it??? He's having a cranking issue, NOT a starting issue.
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Old Aug 2, 2013 | 12:57 PM
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Just for grins, see if it cranks any faster when you jump the relay. And as said above, def. LOAD test the batteries (disconnected from each other).
 
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Old Aug 3, 2013 | 07:18 PM
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Thanks to everyone for the replies. I ended up running a couple new grounds off my starter battery to the alternator bolt and it fired up immediately. Feel kinda stupid for not picking that out but the people telling to checj ground cables and all were golden on that. I just randomly decided to do it. How do you start new threads through the mobile site I couldn't seem to navigate to get there.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2013 | 08:37 PM
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Glad you got it going. Never enough grounds. I put new ones to my body and frame along with the stock ones. If I were you I'd put a new body ground on too.

Only way I'm on the site is a laptop, so I don't know if the mobile is different. On the normal site there is a place to click on to start a new thread at the top of the first page of threads.
 
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