460 Starting issues
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From: Lakehurts, NJ
460 Starting issues
Good afternoon. I have a 1990 F350 4X4 with a 460 in her. Ever since I got the truck I have had starting problems. The truck will start fine at first, but once you get the motor up to operating temp. and shut the truck off and try to start the truck again I get a clicking sound or it will slightly crank the motor over then die. I replaced the battery cables on both the positive and negative side, the starter wire from the solenoid was replaced, the starter was replaced, and the battery was replaced. Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Cargo Master
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: South Dakota
Here are a couple things you can try, if you haven't already. Obvously when the truck is warmed up and won't crank. Pull that small slip on wire off the solenoid and run a jumper wire from that small terminal to the large terminal on the solenoid that the positive battery cable is hooked on, essentially hooking up a remote starter switch or if you have a remote starter switch just use that. Next, and I don't like doing this so at least wear some decent eye protection, run a jumper across the two large terminals on the solenoid, a large(big around) screw driver or something heavy as the full current to the starter will be flowing through it. These tests will narrow down where the problem may be.
