won't start-cold
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
won't start-cold
my 1986 Bronco II 2.9 won't start when the engine is cold. It only makes a clicking sound when I try to start it. If I put a jumper wire from the positive battery cable to the starter relay, it starts. What could the problem be?
Posting Guru
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,915
Likes: 1
From: Yokosuka, Honshu, Japan
Sounds like a bad starter relay, if when you jumper from the positive battery cable directly to the starter and the engine turns over and starts. How old is the battery? How old are the battery / starter cables? Might also be a matter of bad cables / connections / battery as well.
Post Fiend
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 13,873
Likes: 3
From: Atlanta GA
> If I put a jumper wire
Do you mean a small jumper wire to the S terminal on the starter relay (were the elbow is) or do you mean a jumper cable type wire directly to the big positive wire going to the starter?
If you mean the first one, take the boot/elbow off, clean the inside, squish it up a little, and retry it.
If it is the latter, then I will reply again.
Do you mean a small jumper wire to the S terminal on the starter relay (were the elbow is) or do you mean a jumper cable type wire directly to the big positive wire going to the starter?
If you mean the first one, take the boot/elbow off, clean the inside, squish it up a little, and retry it.
If it is the latter, then I will reply again.
