CyberCholo
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Hey guys, my little winter beater that has no been pressed into service as I have been forced to delay fixing my main vehicle has bbeen an absolute nightmare and money pit the last week or so.
I would like to preface by saying the flywheel teeth all look good I have checked them several times in this process.
Last tuesday morning I went to leave for work, starter was just spinning or maybe lightly grinding long story short after messing with wiring and stuff put a new starter in and that lasted me about a week, although I noticed it still sounded kind of whiney like the engagement was off.
Sunday I get stuck at the store, same problem. I figure it has to be the solenoid so change that, nothing. So I pull the starter in the parking lot and everything looks ok. Buy another starter figuring the reman I got was bad slap it in it at home, truck runs fine until yesterday morning.
Call in sick take the first starter I got back, guy says its fine and gives me another one. I go home, replace the wire from the battery to the solenoid, clean up some grounds and stuff put that starter in, truck starts fine a few times but then grinds again. I put a jump box on the battery and wiggle the main starter wire, I get it to start, and then start again. Let it sit, grinds. Put the jump box on give it a second, wiggle the wire a nd let it roll a bit in gear, fires right up. This morning? Nothing.
Call in sick again, figure its a a weak battery not putting out enough draw or something, go get a new battery and alternator, same problem. Replace the wire that goes from the solenoid to the starter and replace the negative terminal wire, relocate it to the alternator bracket with a good clean ground, and remove the 3 or 4 weird extra grounds a p/o put on the the negative terminal, same problem. Go buy a new solenoid, same problem.
Mess around and check the voltage on the small wire that goes to the S terminal and realize it only has 2 volts when the key is on, so im assuming that means I have bad ignition switch, while messing around and checking the wiring some how the solenoid sticks out of nowhere and grinds the starter for probably 30 seconds straight until I was able to loosen and remove a connection why this happened I have no idea.
At this point I decided to call it a night and basically give up and comtemplate setting this thing on fire.
I would like to preface by saying the flywheel teeth all look good I have checked them several times in this process.
Last tuesday morning I went to leave for work, starter was just spinning or maybe lightly grinding long story short after messing with wiring and stuff put a new starter in and that lasted me about a week, although I noticed it still sounded kind of whiney like the engagement was off.
Sunday I get stuck at the store, same problem. I figure it has to be the solenoid so change that, nothing. So I pull the starter in the parking lot and everything looks ok. Buy another starter figuring the reman I got was bad slap it in it at home, truck runs fine until yesterday morning.
Call in sick take the first starter I got back, guy says its fine and gives me another one. I go home, replace the wire from the battery to the solenoid, clean up some grounds and stuff put that starter in, truck starts fine a few times but then grinds again. I put a jump box on the battery and wiggle the main starter wire, I get it to start, and then start again. Let it sit, grinds. Put the jump box on give it a second, wiggle the wire a nd let it roll a bit in gear, fires right up. This morning? Nothing.
Call in sick again, figure its a a weak battery not putting out enough draw or something, go get a new battery and alternator, same problem. Replace the wire that goes from the solenoid to the starter and replace the negative terminal wire, relocate it to the alternator bracket with a good clean ground, and remove the 3 or 4 weird extra grounds a p/o put on the the negative terminal, same problem. Go buy a new solenoid, same problem.
Mess around and check the voltage on the small wire that goes to the S terminal and realize it only has 2 volts when the key is on, so im assuming that means I have bad ignition switch, while messing around and checking the wiring some how the solenoid sticks out of nowhere and grinds the starter for probably 30 seconds straight until I was able to loosen and remove a connection why this happened I have no idea.
At this point I decided to call it a night and basically give up and comtemplate setting this thing on fire.