OneOver99
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- Middleburg FL
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- 2000,1975,1965
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- FORDS
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- 3.0,302,360
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- Automatic
Hey guys!
Thanks for viewing my thread.
Let me begin by saying my 2000 Ranger 4x4 had been acting weird in the last 3 months. When I would turn the truck off, and remove the keys to exit the truck, the chime would ring a couple times as if I left the keys in the cylinder...
Yesterday, I got in the truck to take my son to get MW3, and when I put the key in and turned the switch, it chimed as usual, and then nothing happened. Honestly, it acts as if the anti-theft prevented the engine from turning over. The battery has full charge; the dome light works; the headlights work, and the headlights 'left on' chime works; the anti theft light blinks normal.
Here's the weird stuff... The engine doesn't crank (obviously), the radio doesn't play, the fan motor doesn't blow, the 'key in ignition' chime doesn't work and the oil pressure and charging gauges are pegged to the right.
Pertinent info: my truck has a remote start, and that doesn't even work. Normally, that would start the vehicle even without the keys, and you'd have 15min to get the key in and turned to the on position before it would die.
I don't know where to begin. I tried all three keys I have, of which one is the thick programmed key and the other two are thin.
This is a 2000 2.3 Ranger 4x4 and it has 275,000 miles. Other than this and one other problem, it runs like a top. The other problem is that it has gone through coil packs a lot. I finally got tired of replacing them and allow it to run a little rough/sluggish. Seriously though, other than that, its a perfect truck. I'm giving it to my son for his first truck in March.
So is this a basket case or a simple fix? I don't know where to begin. ANY ideas would be greatly appreciated. Don't leave out saying the obvious, because I am NOT worth a flip when it comes to electric. I can barely make a test light work between the negative and positive posts of a fully charged battery.
Please help!
Thanks in advance.
From the narrow path,
Len
OneOver99
Thanks for viewing my thread.
Let me begin by saying my 2000 Ranger 4x4 had been acting weird in the last 3 months. When I would turn the truck off, and remove the keys to exit the truck, the chime would ring a couple times as if I left the keys in the cylinder...
Yesterday, I got in the truck to take my son to get MW3, and when I put the key in and turned the switch, it chimed as usual, and then nothing happened. Honestly, it acts as if the anti-theft prevented the engine from turning over. The battery has full charge; the dome light works; the headlights work, and the headlights 'left on' chime works; the anti theft light blinks normal.
Here's the weird stuff... The engine doesn't crank (obviously), the radio doesn't play, the fan motor doesn't blow, the 'key in ignition' chime doesn't work and the oil pressure and charging gauges are pegged to the right.
Pertinent info: my truck has a remote start, and that doesn't even work. Normally, that would start the vehicle even without the keys, and you'd have 15min to get the key in and turned to the on position before it would die.
I don't know where to begin. I tried all three keys I have, of which one is the thick programmed key and the other two are thin.
This is a 2000 2.3 Ranger 4x4 and it has 275,000 miles. Other than this and one other problem, it runs like a top. The other problem is that it has gone through coil packs a lot. I finally got tired of replacing them and allow it to run a little rough/sluggish. Seriously though, other than that, its a perfect truck. I'm giving it to my son for his first truck in March.
So is this a basket case or a simple fix? I don't know where to begin. ANY ideas would be greatly appreciated. Don't leave out saying the obvious, because I am NOT worth a flip when it comes to electric. I can barely make a test light work between the negative and positive posts of a fully charged battery.
Please help!
Thanks in advance.
From the narrow path,
Len
OneOver99