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OK, I replaced those ignition parts in my '89 F250

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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #92
    CaptTater wrote: »
    You can hammer on anything you want but if that relay doesn't click when you turn the key the only thing you will be doing is knocking magnets off the starter.

    This^ I don't remember the big C telling us if he is getting a click from the starter solenoid or not, That click is one of those things that is a constant on those trucks.
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  • acarbacarb Posts: 2,357 Captain
    #93
    He said that the trolling motor engaged when the wifey turned the switch to start.
    I just ordered a trolling motor for the shop as a new starter/solonoid tester.We should be the only ones in town with this fancysmancy equipment!
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  • acarbacarb Posts: 2,357 Captain
    #94
    CaptTater wrote: »
    You can hammer on anything you want but if that relay doesn't click when you turn the key the only thing you will be doing is knocking magnets off the starter.
    Sent from my Venue Pro using Board Express

    No knocking! Just tap tap.
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #95
    acarb wrote: »
    He said that the trolling motor engaged when the wifey turned the switch to start.
    I just ordered a trolling motor for the shop as a new starter/solonoid tester.We should be the only ones in town with this fancysmancy equipment!
    :funnypost
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  • micci_manmicci_man Posts: 15,027 AG
    #96
    Eletrical trouble shooting can be a PITA!! My tractor would not crank last weekend. Test light showed power at the battery and the starter but it would not do nothing when trying to crank it, not even a click. I noticed the light was just a tad dimer on the starter but not much. Got a volt meter and I was getting 12+ volts on the pos bat post but inly 9+ on the pos bat clamp. cleaned everything and got the same result. Ended up being something in the pos cable going from the bat to the starter. I could jump it if I connected the cables to the starter but not the battery.
    Common Sense can't be bought, taught or gifted, yet it is one of the few things in life that is free, and most refuse to even attempt to possess it. - Miguel Cervantes
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #97
    Did I say I hate auto electrical trouble shooting?
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  • acarbacarb Posts: 2,357 Captain
    #98
    gandrfab wrote: »
    Did I say I hate auto electrical trouble shooting?

    @ 65 an hour i kinda like it:grin
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #99
    acarb wrote: »
    @ 65 an hour i kinda like it:grin
    Having someone else do it for 15 an hour and I got the 65 I would like it also.:grin
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  • CaptTaterCaptTater Posts: 20,096 AG
    #100
    acarb wrote: »
    He said that the trolling motor engaged when the wifey turned the switch to start.
    I just ordered a trolling motor for the shop as a new starter/solonoid tester.We should be the only ones in town with this fancysmancy equipment!
    I don't think he said that plus he connected the motor across the high current poles. If the relay worked there would be exactly no voltage difference between those poles while in START. I too have had to tap starters to free the brushes but if the relay/Solenoid nor the one on the starter click then it does nothing.
    Without a test light or meter ain't nothing happening. The fact that he removed the ground ground and reconnected SHOULD mean it's not that connection. Since he could jump across the relay and crank means the connections and battery are good.
    Sent from my Venue Pro using Board Express
    I did not read the story but if you take tax payers money maybe you should be held to some standards.-Cyclist
    when we say the same thing about welfare recipients, you cry like a wounded buffalo Sopchoppy
    It's their money, they spend it how they like. Truth and honesty have nothing to do with it. - Mr Jr
    "“A radical is one who advocates sweeping changes in the existing laws and methods of government.” "
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  • acarbacarb Posts: 2,357 Captain
    #101
    I just thought of somthing else. Check the mounting bolts for the solonoid. The solonoid grounds through its mounting bracket and can get corroded causing the solonoid not to fully close when commanded.

    get a durn test light
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  • acarbacarb Posts: 2,357 Captain
    #102
    CaptTater wrote: »
    I don't think he said that plus he connected the motor across the high current poles. If the relay worked there would be exactly no voltage difference between those poles while in START. I too have had to tap starters to free the brushes but if the relay/Solenoid nor the one on the starter click then it does nothing.
    Without a test light or meter ain't nothing happening. The fact that he removed the ground ground and reconnected SHOULD mean it's not that connection. Since he could jump across the relay and crank means the connections and battery are good.
    Sent from my Venue Pro using Board Express
    Well buy him a durn test light!
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  • CaptTaterCaptTater Posts: 20,096 AG
    #103
    True
    Sent from my Venue Pro using Board Express
    I did not read the story but if you take tax payers money maybe you should be held to some standards.-Cyclist
    when we say the same thing about welfare recipients, you cry like a wounded buffalo Sopchoppy
    It's their money, they spend it how they like. Truth and honesty have nothing to do with it. - Mr Jr
    "“A radical is one who advocates sweeping changes in the existing laws and methods of government.” "
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  • SonOfAGunninSonOfAGunnin Posts: 5,084 Admiral
    #104
    To bad Popeye isn't here to offer his pearls of wisdom.
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  • CalusaCalusa Posts: 11,874 AG
    #105
    Tater - can you remote in to my F250 with your test light? Just curious.
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  • CaptTaterCaptTater Posts: 20,096 AG
    #106
    CaptTater wrote: »
    Can someone go help Calusa please? I have the ability to remote control a computer(or even a mac) but not Calusas.
    Calusa wrote: »
    Tater - can you remote in to my F250 with your test light? Just curious.

    not an '89
    I did not read the story but if you take tax payers money maybe you should be held to some standards.-Cyclist
    when we say the same thing about welfare recipients, you cry like a wounded buffalo Sopchoppy
    It's their money, they spend it how they like. Truth and honesty have nothing to do with it. - Mr Jr
    "“A radical is one who advocates sweeping changes in the existing laws and methods of government.” "
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  • Reptile DysfunctionReptile Dysfunction Posts: 3,306 Captain
    #107
    OK, so what is the status of Calusa's F250?

    Most interesting thread lately.
    "If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free" - P. J. O'Rourke
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #108
    Reptile Dysfunction wrote: »
    OK, so what is the status of Calusa's F250?

    Most interesting thread lately.
    It is broke, he forgot to Fix Or Repair it Daily
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  • acarbacarb Posts: 2,357 Captain
    #109
    gandrfab wrote: »
    It is broke, he forgot to Fix Or Repair it Daily

    Pickin on a man when he be down!
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #110
    Hey I am a FORD guy, and my truck is currently down. And I am leaving it that way for my own reasons.
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  • PolarPolar Posts: 22,492 AG
    #111
    gandrfab wrote: »
    Hey I am a FORD guy, and my truck is currently down. And I am leaving it that way for my own reasons.
    Lefty loosey, righty tighty
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #112
    Polar wrote: »
    Lefty loosey, righty tighty
    :huh
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  • PolarPolar Posts: 22,492 AG
    #113
    to tighten the gas cap, so you can drive your truck
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #114
    Polar wrote: »
    to tighten the gas cap, so you can drive your truck
    That's not what it needs.
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  • PolarPolar Posts: 22,492 AG
    #115
    You have the keys right? Keys are needed to start it
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #116
    Polar wrote: »
    You have the keys right? Keys are needed to start it
    Do I turn them to the right or left?
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  • PolarPolar Posts: 22,492 AG
    #117
    clockwise
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #118
    Polar wrote: »
    clockwise
    :huh
    166123-xclock-digital-clock-screen-.jpg
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  • PolarPolar Posts: 22,492 AG
    #119
    quat?
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  • acarbacarb Posts: 2,357 Captain
    #120
    gandrfab wrote: »
    Hey I am a FORD guy, and my truck is currently down. And I am leaving it that way for my own reasons.

    I have nothin against them ford people,hell my best friend has a ford.Nothin to be ashamed of
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  • gandrfabgandrfab Posts: 21,646 AG
    #121
    acarb wrote: »
    I have nothin against them ford people,hell my best friend has a ford.Nothin to be ashamed of

    ashamed??? if I was would you think I would post it?:rotflmao
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