Click with the key, no start

[timmie415]

I am at my wits end from staring at the Chilton cr@p manual and was hoping for some advice on where to start my diagnostic quest.

I have had my 1993 3.0 Ranger sitting in my driveway for a couple of months. I hooked the battery up to a trickle charger last night. This morning I was hoping to get it started and do a tune-up on it but it will not turn over. When the key is turned i hear a click up front and that is it.

any suggestions on where to get started would be greatly appreciated. Distibutor, ignition coil are two I thought of but I do not know how to evaluate if they are the culprits. My search online and through the Chilton has left me

Greetings to this forum and its members. I look forward to your advice

-tim

 

[Big Jim M]

First thing to do is to put another KNOWN GOOD battery in there.
Big JIm

 

[pillen140]

actually jump start it. probably dead battery wont hold charge.

 

[timmie415]

Nice. Did not think of that one. D'OH!

Continuing on with my tune-up. Thanks Big Jim and pillen140. One headache for nothing but thanks to you guys I can get this thing running strong again.

Cheers,
-tim

 

[4byRANGER]

battery terminal acid build-up?? happends to me every 4 months

1995 3.0 just exhaust

 

[pillen140]

so it worked?