Yet Another Problem - Starter
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Yet Another Problem - Starter
I searched the forums but couldnt find anything to help with this one. Once I got my truck running, while the motor would run the starter wouldnt disengage. I couldnt figure out why this was happening. I tried 3 different solenoids each with the same result. Then I went to start my truck to move it to cut the grass, and the starter made an odd noise and didnt work at all. I thought it might be my battery so I jumped the battery, the starter just did one click, and then nothing after that. I checked all the connections and everything was clean, tight, and fine. The ground was good and the cables were in great shape. I do have another starter that I'll probably try putting on tomorrow. What could be the problem as far as the starter not disengaging? And when the starter just does a single click with no other actions, does that mean the starter is bad? It's a 4.9L motor in a 1987 F150. Thanks guys.
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Ditto that, have someone start it for you. You stand by the fender mounted relay and pull the small red wire off if/when it hangs up and keeps turning after the motor starts. If the starter stops once the red wire is unplugged you probably have a ignition switch problem. If not the relay itself is hanging up, replace it.
If you live in the salt belt you could have bad wires down under the master cylinder, connectors in the harness down on the wheel tub. The casing on the wires corrodes back away from the connectors leaving the wires bear and cross connecting with each other. May not be the problem in your case but worth a look just to make sure.
If you live in the salt belt you could have bad wires down under the master cylinder, connectors in the harness down on the wheel tub. The casing on the wires corrodes back away from the connectors leaving the wires bear and cross connecting with each other. May not be the problem in your case but worth a look just to make sure.
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Well alright all is well. When the starter wouldnt disengage it overheated everything, and it looks like a bearing or something blew in there. So I replaced the starter, i cleaned every connector again and I improved the ground for the solenoid. Turned the key and the starter cranked just fine and the motor ran smoothly, and the starter disengaged itself. So everything is fine now for sure. Thanks everybody. Tags are either coming tomorrow or sometime later this week.
theres a picture of the starter and some of the peices that fell out with it. I stuck a magnet inside where the starter goes just to be sure any metal is out of there.
theres a picture of the starter and some of the peices that fell out with it. I stuck a magnet inside where the starter goes just to be sure any metal is out of there.
