HRTKD
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- Location
- Denver area
- Vehicle Year
- 1991
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Transmission
- Automatic
For the past few months my '91 Ranger has been slow to start. I don't mean that it takes a while to start, I mean that the starter seemed to be turning slow. I figured it was the battery finally dying a slow painful death. So I replaced the battery when the starter wouldn't turn the engine at all.
I hooked up the new battery and I had the same problem! So I pulled out a battery that had been recently on the charger to keep it charged up at a full level and that didn't help much. The engine cranked a few rotations made an odd sound and then wouldn't rotate any more.
I looked around in the engine compartment and noticed that a "cap" was missing from the line that goes from the intake into the brake booster. I found the cap down the street and put it back on. Is it broken?
So what's going on? Here's where I'm headed:
1. The new battery is bad. I'm going to get a jump start from another vehicle as a test.
2. The starter is bad.
Anything else I should check?
My 4x4 Ranger has 190,000 miles and generally runs pretty good in cold and hot weather.
I hooked up the new battery and I had the same problem! So I pulled out a battery that had been recently on the charger to keep it charged up at a full level and that didn't help much. The engine cranked a few rotations made an odd sound and then wouldn't rotate any more.
I looked around in the engine compartment and noticed that a "cap" was missing from the line that goes from the intake into the brake booster. I found the cap down the street and put it back on. Is it broken?
So what's going on? Here's where I'm headed:
1. The new battery is bad. I'm going to get a jump start from another vehicle as a test.
2. The starter is bad.
Anything else I should check?
My 4x4 Ranger has 190,000 miles and generally runs pretty good in cold and hot weather.