Will not start (sometimes)
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Will not start (sometimes)
I have a 1978 F100 LWB, 351, 3 speed on the column. Sometimes when I try to start it, it just makes a single click noise. The wire going from the battery to soleniod will get hot if I do it several times. I can let the truck sit for a day or two and come back and it will start right up. I have cleaned all the connections at the battery and the soleniod and tried a different battery. I have not checked the starter connection yet. I figured out last night that after it made the click noise that I could rotate the key from acc to start position several times real fast and I could get it to start. Do ya"ll think it might be the ignition switch or what? Thanks for any help Brandon
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My truck was doing that a few months ago and it wound up being a problem with the distributor. There is a piece at the bottom that spins and hits the points that fires the cylinders. I can't remember what the piece is called but all I did to fix it was wedge something in it so it would spin again and it runs as good as new
