Sidetracker
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- Mar 16, 2024
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- Location
- Washington
- Vehicle Year
- 2002
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
Recently my 2002 ranger has been having trouble starting It would make no noises when I turned the key to start. I would release the clutch and engage it and try again and sometimes it would work.
Then one time I absolutely couldn't start it until I banged on the starter with a rock. It then started. So I assumed that the starter had just gone bad really fast. I put the new starter in and it still won't start. Finally I decided to take the clutch safety switch off and see if there was any problems I could see because it was making the same one click noise when the clutch was down as when it was up. When I got it apart the sliders on the clutch safety switch looked loose and very corroded. I stuck a wire in the Pink and the Pink/White holes and it started up when I turned the key. All good I thought, so I clipped the Pink and the Pink/White wires and crimped them together. Now it absolutely won't start. I'm kind of clueless as to what my next step is because I feel like I've figured out what the problem is twice: banging on the starter worked and putting the wired together worked. Now with the wires spliced and new starter, nothing is working. I've swapped all the relays: they work.
Then one time I absolutely couldn't start it until I banged on the starter with a rock. It then started. So I assumed that the starter had just gone bad really fast. I put the new starter in and it still won't start. Finally I decided to take the clutch safety switch off and see if there was any problems I could see because it was making the same one click noise when the clutch was down as when it was up. When I got it apart the sliders on the clutch safety switch looked loose and very corroded. I stuck a wire in the Pink and the Pink/White holes and it started up when I turned the key. All good I thought, so I clipped the Pink and the Pink/White wires and crimped them together. Now it absolutely won't start. I'm kind of clueless as to what my next step is because I feel like I've figured out what the problem is twice: banging on the starter worked and putting the wired together worked. Now with the wires spliced and new starter, nothing is working. I've swapped all the relays: they work.