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Old 07-21-2015, 10:18 PM
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The last time I posted about my truck not starting it was concerning me hooking up gauges and running wires. I took a meter and checked everything and had power everywhere. I, by luck, found the inertia switch and pressed it and the truck started. But today I was zip tieing some wires and just cleaning up my wiring and made a new mount I had to remove the water temp gauge to feed it thru the new mount, but after all of this the truck won't start again. So I went and pressed the inertia switch hoping it would fix it again but it didn't. I have pressed it a hundred times and the truck still won't start. I used a meter again and have power everywhere and all the ignition components are new and working. So please anyone with anything that could possibly help to please help. I'm so tired of it everytime I touch it, it won't run after.
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Possibly not ask the way in park (if it's an auto)? I had an issue with mine where the neural safety switch was bad and I had to hold the shifter up while turning the key to start it.
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Possibly not ask the way in park (if it's an auto)? I had an issue with mine where the neural safety switch was bad and I had to hold the shifter up while turning the key to start it.
That didn't help it
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Won't crank over or will crank but won't fire ?
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Also do you hear the pump priming when the key is turned to the run position before trying to start it?
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It will crank till the battery goes dead. And when I turn the key on I hear the humm noise that I assume is the fuel pump priming
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Check for spark. If you have spark, check fuel pressure.
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Originally Posted by Chris_1
Check for spark. If you have spark, check fuel pressure.
How do I do that?
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Pulling a plug wire would be how I would do it. Put a tester between the wire and plug or put another plug into the wire making sure the plug is grounded crank the motor over and check to see if you have fire. To do the fuel pressure you'll have to hook a pressure tester gauge to the fuel rail.

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Originally Posted by Nitehawkjr
Pulling a plug wire would be how I would do it. Put a tester between the wire and plug or put another plug into the wire making sure the plug is grounded crank the motor over and check to see if you have fire. To do the fuel pressure you'll have to hook a pressure tester gauge to the fuel rail.
Where at on the fuel rail can I hook it too?


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