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- Jan 28, 2012
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- Vehicle Year
- 1991
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Transmission
- Manual
The previous owner changed over my battery terminals to boat quick disconnects and I have had issues with the wires working loose so occasionally I've had to go in there and tighten it down.
Its a 91 4.0 so there are the two wires for positive and negative which need to be connected to hook up for it to start.
Normally, a wire works loose and I take it out and recrimp the connector on it and it starts fine.
Last night I was at a coworkers house because I'm housesitting this weekend and it wouldn't start up when I tried to leave.
Power is fine, all lights work, headlights work strong, don't need a jump.
All the battery wires look to be getting a good contact.
But no crank. Just "click click click" when I try.
One important thing I know is that when I try to crank it, all the lights on the truck go out. If I have door open and dome light is on, I crank and it goes pitch black.
My supervisor said he had the exact same issue and it was his starter. Found a decent deal on one for $120 local, so I can get it and hopefully install it today. But I was planning on changing the terminals first. If anyone has experience with this and I might be overlooking something, please speak up.
Oh, and I did check the ignition fuse. The 60A in the distributor box. It's fine.
Its a 91 4.0 so there are the two wires for positive and negative which need to be connected to hook up for it to start.
Normally, a wire works loose and I take it out and recrimp the connector on it and it starts fine.
Last night I was at a coworkers house because I'm housesitting this weekend and it wouldn't start up when I tried to leave.
Power is fine, all lights work, headlights work strong, don't need a jump.
All the battery wires look to be getting a good contact.
But no crank. Just "click click click" when I try.
One important thing I know is that when I try to crank it, all the lights on the truck go out. If I have door open and dome light is on, I crank and it goes pitch black.
My supervisor said he had the exact same issue and it was his starter. Found a decent deal on one for $120 local, so I can get it and hopefully install it today. But I was planning on changing the terminals first. If anyone has experience with this and I might be overlooking something, please speak up.
Oh, and I did check the ignition fuse. The 60A in the distributor box. It's fine.