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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 11:21 AM
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2 things I always kept in the glove box or tool box of my last old Ford was a voltage regulator and a starter solenoid.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 01:32 PM
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The voltage regulator has been replaced. I assume they gave me the "modern" style. Is there a chance they gave the old style? The old one had contactors on the underside, new one was an enclosed unit
 
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Wont start-slow crank over

My one ton did the same thing a couple of years ago, turned out to be a bad starter, new starter fixed problem. I usually have to replace the starters on my 390's every couple of years. It gets really hot here in the summer and with the heat from the exhaust system the heat slowly kills the starter until it cranks slow and finally won't crank fast enough to start an FE.

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