Help! No start (not typical issue)
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Help! No start (not typical issue)
When I try and crank my starter, it makes this rough kind of slow clicking noise, like it isn't quite catching the flywheel, it isn't very fast, but I don't know what to do, (it was working earlier today)
Edit: it sounds kinda like a machine gun, but won't actually crank
Edit: it sounds kinda like a machine gun, but won't actually crank
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I will definitely try that, I don't think I left anything on, like glow plugs, key, etc, but it's always a possibility. (I do have a charger luckily)
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It is about that fast, it sounds like the starter is not quite hitting the flywheel l, and it may be the batteries cause blower sounds weak, I think I left the glow plugs on and it drained it
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Good news! My batteries were just dead (phew) any idea where a fuse would be for the glow plugs? Mine don't turn on (1984 6.9)
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no fuse. there should be a fusible link coming off the starter relay on the fender going to the controller on top rail of the back of the block.
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Good to know, when I flick the switch, (connected to switch, not key) nothing happens, no light, not even a click
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Looks like I just have a loose connection at the end of the glow plug harness, other than that, all is good! Thanks for the help
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