dcpppf
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- Location
- KS, USA
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford/Ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
For starters (pun intended) some background is that i recently did a transmission swap on my 2.9L from auto to manual. In doing the swap I installed the 4.0 clutch FW and starter.
I threw in an old 4.0 starter that was free and upon starting it would sound like it was grinding really bad AFTER the engine started. for just a couple of seconds then whisper quiet. I finally got around to buying a new starter to see if that would fix the issue, and last night I got it put in. It is about 95% more quiet (can barely hear it) but there is still that sound for just a couple of seconds. I think it is just the engine/FW turning the bendix and the sound is just a ratcheting sound (not necessarily a grind like i originally thought).
So for some reason I just think the bendix isn't retracting quickly and is being held out for some reason. The only reason I can think of is because the 4.0 starter has the starter solenoid integrated in to the starter. And to avoid re-running wire I just "daisy chained" the two solenoids. See doodle below. So basically i just have the batt + and starter signal at the 4.0 starter jumpered together. Thoughts on if this could be causing the solenoid to stay energized an extra couple of seconds after the key is put back in the run position?
The other question I have is in regards to a slow crank. The truck starts fine/quick while cold. But after restarting it with a hot engine it has to crank 5-10 seconds before it'll catch and start. Seems to be dependent on temp or humidity. The longest it ever cranked was a night when it was raining. It always starts... just has to crank an abnormally long amount of time sometimes.
I threw in an old 4.0 starter that was free and upon starting it would sound like it was grinding really bad AFTER the engine started. for just a couple of seconds then whisper quiet. I finally got around to buying a new starter to see if that would fix the issue, and last night I got it put in. It is about 95% more quiet (can barely hear it) but there is still that sound for just a couple of seconds. I think it is just the engine/FW turning the bendix and the sound is just a ratcheting sound (not necessarily a grind like i originally thought).
So for some reason I just think the bendix isn't retracting quickly and is being held out for some reason. The only reason I can think of is because the 4.0 starter has the starter solenoid integrated in to the starter. And to avoid re-running wire I just "daisy chained" the two solenoids. See doodle below. So basically i just have the batt + and starter signal at the 4.0 starter jumpered together. Thoughts on if this could be causing the solenoid to stay energized an extra couple of seconds after the key is put back in the run position?
The other question I have is in regards to a slow crank. The truck starts fine/quick while cold. But after restarting it with a hot engine it has to crank 5-10 seconds before it'll catch and start. Seems to be dependent on temp or humidity. The longest it ever cranked was a night when it was raining. It always starts... just has to crank an abnormally long amount of time sometimes.