WHAT IS GOING ON??
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WHAT IS GOING ON??
Got a problem with my ole 87 F250(2wd,4sp,460ci).Not sure what is happening but once in awhile it's like a "breaker" triggers and I don't really notice it until I look at my radio and see that I've lost the memory/time/stations. I'm not even sure if it's happening when I'm trying to start it or even when I'm driving cause it has bogged down a time or two momentarily. What the heck would cause this situation?
thanks in advance!
Tim
thanks in advance!
Tim
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Alternator is fairly new,ignition switch had been sticky,went bad awhile back,it'd turn on the ign. but wouldn't crank it.I was in a hurry so I went to the parts store and bought a push button starter.Been using it since. Suppose it could be in the switch?? It does always start right up this way though.
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Yeah, I'd definitely start with restoring the factory ignition to it's fully functioning state, and remove the push button. In an emergency, I can see it's use, but to make it a permanent fixture? Probably not.
If that doesn't solve the problem, I would double check the connections in the wiring harness. The memory only disappears when power is completely cut off, so an intermittent problem like this indicates a bad connection.
Good luck & keep us updated.
If that doesn't solve the problem, I would double check the connections in the wiring harness. The memory only disappears when power is completely cut off, so an intermittent problem like this indicates a bad connection.
Good luck & keep us updated.
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While I'm all for having bright & shiny battery connections [THEY LOOK SO GOOD! ], it seems to me that there would be other problems besides a shaky radio if the battery connection was the problem. Not saying he shouldn't clean them, I just don't think it's the primary cause.
I didn't think of it before, but you might also check and clean the ground for the radio, too.
I didn't think of it before, but you might also check and clean the ground for the radio, too.
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I'm appreciating you guys chimimh in. The battery was new in July,the posts are clean,the cable ends look new(er). When I first got the truck the ignition switch would stick and I'd have to manually turn it back to "on/run" position. Then one day when I went to start it,it wouldn't do anything but turn "on,no starter...that's when I put in the push button. I had been into the wiring a little, replacing the wiper and headlight switches but thats about it. I can/have started to pull the ignition switch one day but I was worried that something else was messed up further down in the column,like the "actuating rod or something and I didn't go any farther cause I needed to use the ole girl. So...I stopped there and just left the push button in.
I did have a problem one evening and the truck died at a stop light,thought I was out of gas(luckely there was a gas station right there. Added gas,wouldn't start,left it there,came back the next day,started to wiggle some wires,found that a couple wires going to the solonoid were the problem. Got it home,replaced the neds on those 2 wires and it was OK....but,maybe it's those 2 wires that are the problem???? (oh by the way,I'm thinking when that happened,I had lost the memory then as well)
I did have a problem one evening and the truck died at a stop light,thought I was out of gas(luckely there was a gas station right there. Added gas,wouldn't start,left it there,came back the next day,started to wiggle some wires,found that a couple wires going to the solonoid were the problem. Got it home,replaced the neds on those 2 wires and it was OK....but,maybe it's those 2 wires that are the problem???? (oh by the way,I'm thinking when that happened,I had lost the memory then as well)
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