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Quote from: LITTLE BLACK TRUCK on January 12, 2013, 03:08:24 PMI read the thread about bypassing the Neutral safety switch and now I cant express how dumb I really am and about the fusible links.. Im just gonna read and not post anythin in the future because I am a liability....Don't think like that. Everybody's input is always welcomed.Just got to remember that we don't always know the competence of other posters or the complete circumstances of the issue they are having. Also others from web searches might be reading the threads so sometimes we just need to word our posts as if everyone was non mechanically inclined. Don't take any offense to being corrected when advise is incorrect. I guarantee you no insult was intended.I see that you are new here. Welcome to the board.
I read the thread about bypassing the Neutral safety switch and now I cant express how dumb I really am and about the fusible links.. Im just gonna read and not post anythin in the future because I am a liability....
My next guess is it has something to do with the starter? It's just odd that it's so intermittent...
Quote from: Les_Paul on January 21, 2013, 11:19:11 AM My next guess is it has something to do with the starter? It's just odd that it's so intermittent... You might be onto something. Have you crawled under your truck to check the cable from the battery to the starter to see if it's tight ? I would disconnect the cable at the battery before messing around down there in case it is loose it does not spark and short something out or blow your fuse able links. Also check to make sure the cable is still tight in the " eye " crimp fitting that is attached to the pole of the starter, and that the pole that the cable attaches to is not loose on the starter itself. 1 more thought, you have checked to make sure your positive and negative cables at the battery are tight and secure inside the clamps for the battery post ?
I'll bet someone lunch that if you replace the battery cables from the battery to the starter, and from the battery to the ground, you will solve this problem.
Ok...had it happen to me twice more today. I have power everywhere but can't get the starter to even crank. As soon as I hook up jumper cables it fires right up...Surely it's not the wires though since jumping wouln't make the connections any better, right?
.Surely it's not the wires though since jumping wouln't make the connections any better, right?
If the cables are corroded(green) internally then they are not going to efficiently carry the amperage required to engage the starter, when you hook up the second battery through jumper cables all you are doing is increasing the amperage and that extra amperage is enough to push through the corrosion.