help my f 150 5.4 wont start symtoms are turn key dash lights up turn the key and all u here is a click .checked battery and jumped it .nothing can i get a scanner?cheap from napa,auto zone.to find out why it wont start.

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 09-Jan-03 AT 12:57 PM (EST)] Have you checked the starter relay? It should be about a foot away from the battery on the inner fender. Follow the battery + wire it will go directly to the relay.
Try jumping 12 volts from the battery + to the "S" terminal (one of the small terminals on the relay). Or jump the relay by using a screwdriver to touch the large terminal the battery + goes to and the small "S" terminal. If the starter turns the relay is good, if it doesnt it is dead.
Also try removing and cleaning the wire terminals on the relay, wasnt too long ago someone here solved their problem doing this.

Sparky

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The clicking is most likely the starter relay, but that doesnt mean it is good.
Also it could be the starter itself. You can remove it and get it checked. Or remove it and check it yourself with some jumper cables. Or you can connect a jumper cable to the starter +, then run the other end up to the battery. Momemtarily touch the jumper cable to the battery +. The starter should turn.

 

I think "sparky" got it. My Ranger did that EXACT same thing a few months back. Replaced the solenoid, problem solved.

 

 

Hey nvrl8, have ya' had any luck?????????

 

If you have a body lift then chances are your positive cable is separated at the starter