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Aug 30, 2008 | 04:19 PM

chucky0094

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starter nightmare

Hope You Guys Can Helpwas Helping A Buddy Yesterday And Trying To Get His F150 Straight 6 Started problum Was Turn The Switch And Just Clicked At The Starter. 1st - Tried Jumping- No Good. 2nd - Jump Over The Post On The Firewall- Same Click At Starter. 3rd- Took Starter And Battery To Parts Store- They Tested Starter And It Was Good, They Said The Battery Had A Dead Cell- Got New Battery. Installed Everything And Same Click At Starter. 4th- Put New Positive And Neg Battery Cables On - Same Click at Starter. 5th- Bought New Starter And Fender Solinoid- Same Click At Starter.6th- Took Starter Off But Left Wires Connected And Starter Works Fine.7th- Its A Auto And Turned Flexplate With Screwdriver So Its Not Locked Upit Sounds Like It Is Kicking The Gear Out But Its Hitting The Flexplate And Not Engaging All The Way And Doesnt Turn At All every Part Of The Starting System Has Been Replaced So I Am Stumped. please Someone Help Me?????

Aug 30, 2008 | 08:51 PM

alz

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Make sure the starter mating surface on the bellhousing is clean. This is where the starter gets it's ground circuit.
Which pos and neg cables did you replace? From battery to relay? What about the ground on the engine or frome?

Aug 30, 2008 | 09:02 PM

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i replaced the hot wire from the battery to the starter and ground from battery to starter, everything works fine if i pull the starter back away from the flywheel i take the bolts out and pull it back keeping the case touching the bellhousing and when you try to crank it it works fine gear come out and spins but when mounted back in the housing sounds like it is kicking out but not spinning really sounds like its hitting the flywheel but it may just be the sound of it kicking out, any ideas???

Aug 30, 2008 | 09:05 PM

alz

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Double check that it is the correct starter for your application. If two of them do the same thing, maybe they are giving you the wrong one.

Aug 30, 2008 | 09:18 PM

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sounds as if the starter that was in the vehicle origionally started having this problem, so I doubt it's the wrong starter. I couldn't tell from your origional post, but did you inspect the entire gear around the fly wheel? Have your friend rotate the engine slowly with a wrench while you look through the starter hole.

Also, I don't think the starter has a ground cable to it, it's just grounded to the block, as mentioned above.

Aug 30, 2008 | 09:34 PM

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yeah it does have a ground wire that runs from the battery down to the engine cradle were it is in a crimp and attached to the cradle for a ground and from there to the starter. as i am really a chevy guy i have always seen the ground from the battery to the block or chassis. i did move the flywheel and it turns fine. rotated about half way around and teeth looked fine but when i turn the key to start it never turns the motor at all. when i hit the switch or jump the fender solenoid over the starter clicks. the gear comes out but cant tell if its coming all the way as it sounds like its hitting the flexplate. i cannot see any type of adjustment to the starter to make it claer the flexplate as it would have to come down from it. thanks for the help. any more ideas???

Aug 30, 2008 | 09:36 PM

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also forgot to say. when i do try to start or jump the solenoid over several times both hot and ground wires get really hot as if the starter was locked up.