Battery or Starter?
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Battery or Starter?
I have a '90 F-150, 5 litre, manual trans.
Battey and cables are one week old, starter is 6 months.
Truck is used for work so there is a lot of starting. About 1/3 times I have to dump clutch to get it to start. Should I look to battery or starter for problem? Or maybe somewhere else.
Thanks for any advice.
Battey and cables are one week old, starter is 6 months.
Truck is used for work so there is a lot of starting. About 1/3 times I have to dump clutch to get it to start. Should I look to battery or starter for problem? Or maybe somewhere else.
Thanks for any advice.
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From: Belle Mead NJ
1st id go to your parts store and have the battery tested, if thats good, then Id look into the cables. I didnt have the ground one setup right on my truck. Ford has the wierd 1 peice ground that connects to the frame and block with 1 cable. I had to make mine with 2 cables. Give them a ck and see.
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From: Aurora,Colorado
Did you check the clutch/starter interlock switch ?? I suspect that it is going open intermittently--and only when the truck will not start. Try bypassing the switch and see if the intermittent no-start still occurs.
Last edited by phoneman91; Jan 5, 2008 at 02:01 PM.
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