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May 5, 2002 | 05:37 PM

ford429cu

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Engine isn't turning over

The 390 4spd in my F250 4x4 isn't turning over now. I went to pick up some mulch yesterday, so i parked the truck and loaded it. I start up the truck and go to take off but didn't give it enough gas and stalled it. So i then go to start the truck up and it doesn't even turn over. The truck has a new starter, new pos, neg, and starter cables, new selonoid. I took a jumper cable from the starter side of the sel. and then to the pos side of bat and nothing happend. I don't know when else to check for, any ideas would be a big help.

Thanks Jeff

May 5, 2002 | 05:53 PM

ford_nut

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Engine isn't turning over

jeff
did you check the fusible links? just a thought because they gave me a bunch of trouble once. just a thought! good luck!

May 5, 2002 | 07:35 PM

martyh

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Engine isn't turning over

Hi Jeff,

Turn on the headlights, have someone watch them and try it again.
If they go totally dark, the starter is trying to draw more current
than the battery can supply (dead battery, dirty battery terminals
or shorted winding in the starter. If the lights don't dim at all,
then there is no significant current draw, starter bad, solenoid
(except you already tested that) or an open in the ground return.
Remember that if the ground return is open between the starter and
the battery, you'd see about what you saw, you can only draw
current if there is a return path to the battery.

Hope this helps.
Marty

May 5, 2002 | 08:39 PM

sparky

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Engine isn't turning over

Well if you jumped the battery positive to the starter wire and nothing happened....... check the postive and negative posts on the battery. Make sure they are clean and tight. Also check the ground wire on the block make sure it is also clean and tight. Check the starter mounting bolts, they have to be clean and tight as this is the ground for the starter.
You could also attach a jumper wire to the starter case and the other end to the battery - . If it turns over now you have a bad ground.
Worse comes to worse remove the strter and get it checked as it could have died.
My bet is on a loose or dirty ground/power wire

Sparky

May 5, 2002 | 09:07 PM

Vampiro

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Engine isn't turning over

i second the notion of checking the ground wires. also check the conenctions and wires themselfs

May 5, 2002 | 10:07 PM

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Engine isn't turning over

You didn't mention if the battery showed any signs of life when you could engage the starter by the jump wire from the battery to the Solenoid.
Maybe the battery decided to die.
Maybe more information is needed to get to the solution to your problem.

Usually, the problem ends up being dirty/corroded battery cable/post connections.

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May 6, 2002 | 04:41 PM

ford429cu

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Engine isn't turning over

I checked a few more things out today and changed the bat. and it started right up. With the other bat i had in there the radiao and the heater fan all worked but it wouldn't even try to turn the truck over so i never thought the bat was dead dead or dirty terminals. So it was either the bat or dirty terminals or both. But i got it runing now

Thanks for the help everyone.

Jeff