My 1987 ford with the 6.9 is having starting problems. The wait to start light would not light up, and little smoke was coming from the solenoid, i would go to start and i would get nothing. I bought a new solenoid and put it on and the wait to start light lit up for one cycle of the glow plugs and when it went off i turned the key to start it and all i got was a clicking sound. I tried to cycle the plugs again, but got nothing when i turned the key.

 

Sounds like a bad starter. Starting and glow plugs are 2 separate systems that work together during the start cycle. The glow plugs are an aid to starting. Did you bypass the starter solenoid? I use the screwdrive between the 2 big post. The starter solenoid is mounted to the fender close to the battery. It serves also as junction box for other things. It will have a wire coming direct from the battery.

 

I went out to try to start the truck today. The dome light came on, but i had no radio or anything light up. i turned the key tried to start it and got nothing. dome light isn't even on now. batteries are both fully charged and they are only a couple months old interstates 1000 cca. what would be causing all of that?

 

Bad ignition switch, bad ground, bad starter ,bad starter solenoid, blown fuseable link

 

Where are these blown fuseable links located, and where do they go to and from?