BlueSplash
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- Sep 25, 2007
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- 36
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- Location
- North Jersey
- Vehicle Year
- 1993
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0L V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
1993 3.0L Auto 2WD 164K+ miles
Have not used the truck for 10 days, started to crank and then silence.
Tried again, I hear this clanking sound by the driver side fender but I do not seem to hear the starter solenoid clicks. The wife tried to start while I measure for voltage on the big posts on the starter relay. One side has battery voltage, when she tries to start, the other posts gets battery voltage which is expected behavior.
Sounds like a good starter relay. Could this part show good with voltmeter testing but still be bad. I have not tried jumping the two big posts as suggested here many times. I just read about it. Also the battery is out of the truck right now. Had autozone test it, the device says it is good. I partially agree since the headlights do not dim because the starter is not engaging.
I am also wondering, I see a big RED cable coming to the relay at one post, this is where the Battery voltage is normally, but there seems to be a bridge, like a Y shape bridge to the other big post from the same big red wire, coming from the battery. Can someone clarify this for me, what am I looking at here. I am expecting a similar big gauge wire to go to the starter from this other post being the other is from the battery.
I looked around for pictures of the starter relay, they all have 2 big posts and 2 small posts. What I have there now looks like 3 posts. 2 big and 1 small for the push on wire connector. I am leaning to replacing this part just in case the actual inside contacts is bad enough to carry starting current. Could the other terminal I am seeing be a gounding terminal extension connected to the mounting tabs. Electrical parts is not usually returnable so I do not want to just throw money at it. I am about to loose my job in 30 days.
I have been going home late, I have not checked the starter and solenoid electrical connections.
Thanks for any input.
Have not used the truck for 10 days, started to crank and then silence.
Tried again, I hear this clanking sound by the driver side fender but I do not seem to hear the starter solenoid clicks. The wife tried to start while I measure for voltage on the big posts on the starter relay. One side has battery voltage, when she tries to start, the other posts gets battery voltage which is expected behavior.
Sounds like a good starter relay. Could this part show good with voltmeter testing but still be bad. I have not tried jumping the two big posts as suggested here many times. I just read about it. Also the battery is out of the truck right now. Had autozone test it, the device says it is good. I partially agree since the headlights do not dim because the starter is not engaging.
I am also wondering, I see a big RED cable coming to the relay at one post, this is where the Battery voltage is normally, but there seems to be a bridge, like a Y shape bridge to the other big post from the same big red wire, coming from the battery. Can someone clarify this for me, what am I looking at here. I am expecting a similar big gauge wire to go to the starter from this other post being the other is from the battery.
I looked around for pictures of the starter relay, they all have 2 big posts and 2 small posts. What I have there now looks like 3 posts. 2 big and 1 small for the push on wire connector. I am leaning to replacing this part just in case the actual inside contacts is bad enough to carry starting current. Could the other terminal I am seeing be a gounding terminal extension connected to the mounting tabs. Electrical parts is not usually returnable so I do not want to just throw money at it. I am about to loose my job in 30 days.
I have been going home late, I have not checked the starter and solenoid electrical connections.
Thanks for any input.