something simple,I hope
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something simple,I hope
I have an 80 F100/302 the truck started just fine the other day, went to start it today, and it was dragging and the neg.cable got hot. have checked the starter, it has a new solinoid, new pos. cable and new cable from solinoid to starter, new neg cable. When I put a charger on the battery, it charges normal, turn the [font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]ignition [/font][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif]switch[/font][/font] on and the needle on the charger shoots up, and the charger shuts down...any ideas . Thanks alot
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Originally Posted by AMullins
I have cleaned where the ground connects to the engine. When I try to start with the key or jumping the solenoid, the solenoid just clicks.
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Hey everyone,
I got it fixed.....it was the starter. I tried a starter from a truck that I knew worked and it did the same as the first one, so that stumped, finally had the starter tested and it showed good.....brought it home and didn't work, bought a new one and worked good.....go figure. Thanks for all the help.
I got it fixed.....it was the starter. I tried a starter from a truck that I knew worked and it did the same as the first one, so that stumped, finally had the starter tested and it showed good.....brought it home and didn't work, bought a new one and worked good.....go figure. Thanks for all the help.
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From: northwest,sc
Yeah, I had a starter go bad and I about tore the truck apart trying to find the problem.
That bad starter checked out good also.
The truck supposidely had a fairley new starter on it from Autozone when I bought it.
I replaced it with a NAPA.
That bad starter checked out good also.
The truck supposidely had a fairley new starter on it from Autozone when I bought it.
I replaced it with a NAPA.
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I had about the same thing happen but I tested the starter at an auto shop that put in under a load. Auto Zone's tester didn't load the starter. The starter tested good so I replaced the solinoid and cleaned the cable connections and it's starts everytime now.