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Last week truck wouldn’t turn over. Thinking battery issues, I attempted to jump off to no avail. Next day I put charger on it all day and still nothing. As I turned the ignition, one last time, I also hit the gear shift and it immediately fired off and started. Since then, twice, out of a dozen starts, I’ve had to jiggle the gear shift to get it to start. Today, after pulling it down to my shop to unload, nothing. I can’t get it to turn over. I’ve moved gear shift in and out multiple times. Any suggestions? Crawled underneath to try and jump solenoid, with ignition on, and noticed a buzzing sound coming from underneath the engine area…I’ve attached the download I got from Forscan if that will help decipher what’s going on
Just to follow up, I watched a video where someone was showing how to check the starter by “jumping” across the #48 run/start relay. I tried that and got nothing but the buzzing I mentioned in the earlier post. Then I found relay #101 for the starter. I pulled it and attempted to “jump” it…nothing. Being throughly convinced that I now had a starter issue, I replaced both relays and began putting my stuff away. Just because, I tried starting it again and it fired right up. I’m thinking a couple of knew relays, just in case, and some dielectric grease for good measure 🤷🏻♂️
