Cooked starter?
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Cooked starter?
Last year my 71F1004x4 sometimes would't start, and since I have headers I believed it to be fried starter. Now I just get home and turn the key off, pull the key out, and the truck stays running. I just stalled it to shut it off. Is this another charateristic of a bad starter?
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Does the truck stay running normally after you pull the key? If so you need a new ignition switch or you have some shorted wires somewhere. When you pull turn the key off it is supposed to kill power to the ignition coil.
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Sounds like you need to recheck the wiring on that new ignition. It is getting juice all the time. This would cause the battery to discharge causing the starting problem and would explain the key not shutting the engine off.
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After I read all this, I'm leaning towards the ignition switch, probably not a very expensive part.
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Originally Posted by 78f3504x4
No, actually it seems the problem started after a Pertronix install. Could this be the culprit? Not starting maybe every 10 tries. The truck stays running after the key is out.
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