F-150 wouldn't start - fixed!
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F-150 wouldn't start - fixed!
Not too many people post their own stupid mistakes, so here's mine. Maybe it will save someone a couple hours of aggravation.
My F-150 (see sig) wouldn't start. I read about a hundred posts on the forum. I wiggled the steering wheel, checked the clutch interlock switch, checked the battery terminals, but it still wouldn't start. Then I decided to try and short the posts on the starter relay, and realized that the wire on post in the top-middle of the relay had come off. I hooked it back up and it started up fine.
My F-150 (see sig) wouldn't start. I read about a hundred posts on the forum. I wiggled the steering wheel, checked the clutch interlock switch, checked the battery terminals, but it still wouldn't start. Then I decided to try and short the posts on the starter relay, and realized that the wire on post in the top-middle of the relay had come off. I hooked it back up and it started up fine.
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Oh yeah, I know that little post. I've pulled it as a quick safety measure when working on the engine - then forgot all about it when I tried to start it. If you only do that once, then your doing better than me!
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Originally posted by Vermonter
Well I wish I could say that I have never done anything like that. But I can't .
Well I wish I could say that I have never done anything like that. But I can't
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Wait - I haven't done anything like that TODAY - oops, didn't work either.
Last hour?? Nope, been a bad (read stupid stuff happens) day.
Dave / Believer45
Last edited by believer45; Mar 20, 2004 at 06:16 PM.
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