Ignition problem in '93 Explorer
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Ignition problem in '93 Explorer
I am new to the forum, and this is my first time posting. I have pretty limited knowledge in vehicle repair, but am a quick learner. Hopefully someone can steer me in the right direction.
I have a '93 Explorer Sport that won't start. My wife drove it one morning and all was fine. Later that day we found that it would not start at all. I have all lights, gauges, radio and everything, but it won't turn over. The battery is charged fine, and it still won't start if I try to jump it with another vehicle.
I climbed in and thought I would try and diagnose the problem, so I turned the key over and held it in the start position for about 3 seconds. I heard something spark under the dash area and then smelled a faint electrical odor. So now I have two problems!
A cousin helped me and told me that the starter solenoid under the hood was probably bad. Sure enough, when we short a pair of needle nose over the two big terminals with the key in the on position, it starts right up. I replaced the starter solenoid and it still did not fix my problem (I am sure due to the fact that I let the magic smoke out of something under the dash).
Any ideas where to go next? I haven't found any burned wires or blown fuses under the dash yet. I can't seem to figure out what I burned out that day.
Thanks,
Kenny
I have a '93 Explorer Sport that won't start. My wife drove it one morning and all was fine. Later that day we found that it would not start at all. I have all lights, gauges, radio and everything, but it won't turn over. The battery is charged fine, and it still won't start if I try to jump it with another vehicle.
I climbed in and thought I would try and diagnose the problem, so I turned the key over and held it in the start position for about 3 seconds. I heard something spark under the dash area and then smelled a faint electrical odor. So now I have two problems!
A cousin helped me and told me that the starter solenoid under the hood was probably bad. Sure enough, when we short a pair of needle nose over the two big terminals with the key in the on position, it starts right up. I replaced the starter solenoid and it still did not fix my problem (I am sure due to the fact that I let the magic smoke out of something under the dash).
Any ideas where to go next? I haven't found any burned wires or blown fuses under the dash yet. I can't seem to figure out what I burned out that day.
Thanks,
Kenny
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I have had a similar problem intermittent problem, which I think is now resolved in my '92 Sport. It seems to me that if your car starts when you short across the starter solenoid, that the problem lies upstream of the solenoid (ie the starter motor is ok). Upstream is the starter key assembly (on the steering column) and the starter circuit (under the hood, near the battery). If you look in a Haynes or Chiltons, you can find the electrical wiring diagram. My guess is that either the key assembly has a short based on your dectecting a spark and acrid odor.
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