Please Help! Many parts already changed..
#11
Moderator
Check all the connections between the battery and the starter. I've had many bad connections act like that. Clean the battery post and all other points where an arc could corrode and get a bad connection. Even if they look good Id clean them. My wife's explorer actually did this the other day would not turn the starter at all not even a click! Clean the battery posts even though they looked good and haven't had a problem since. The driving hard/driving easy could just be a strange coincidence. Cleaning connections is FREE too!
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#13
Senior Member
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#15
Put a meter on the connections and see if there's power going in / coming out
#16
Mark
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and if you do not have a meter use your tongue... or a test light. lol
#18
I'm an electrician. I'm just not a mechanic. I know there is no power going out of the solenoid because if I jump it the truck will crank. What I do not know is what makes the solenoid send power out. I need to make sure whatever part does that is doing it's job.
#19
Senior Member
The solenoid is just a big relay
Small screws are the coil Big ones are the contacts
#20
Don't be so sure. You should test it anyway because there could be a problem between the solenoid and the starter.