so i have been fixin up my 95 f150 4x4, bit by bit shes coming along. last night after helping some guy that was walking through a puddle and fell into a manhole i locked my keys in the truck with the radio on... no good deed unpunished... it was a little groggy to start, i attributed it to the radio on for so long... but she started up and i drove to a gas station.

after getting gas i tried to turn her over and nothing, no clicks, ticks, bangs or sputters. annoyed and thinking im crafty i turn off every elec device on, radio, head lights, even the dash... and vroom.. she starts.

today i hop in her same thing, after sittng over night she was hessitent to start, but thrid crank she started. then putting around town no problem starting, not once... i figured the charging system finnaly got it back into range. make one last stop at an FTE get together and when i try to leave, nothing... full power in the batt, but still not even a click of the starter...

does this sound like a shot starter relay? (the guy i bought it off said he changed it a few months ago, but they also say spray on hair looks real...) or should i be looking at the starter itself... usualy they make a week of really bad grinding sounds IME...not just one or two hessitations...

any help is appriciated...
mechanicly curious

the guy that had it before me installed a push button ignition under the dash so you have to turn the ignition to run and then push the button... it appears that the button is simply just attatched to each terminal of the realy on the firewall... if this is of any significance.. i checked the wire and they do not seem fried at all...

 

Make sure your battery posts are clean, and terminals are tight.
Get back to me.

 

yep, clean all your connections at the battery, and get rid of the push button thing the pervios owner had , i would bet that or something is screwwing u up...ure issue though,, clean those connections and see if it happens for a few days ...

 

thanx guys, quick fix this morning with the help of light.... the switch connection on the starter mounted solenoid was so loose a gust of wind could blow it off. i think it was only being held in place by the mud...

quick question on the difference between the fender mounted relay and the starter mounted one? is the firewall relay stock or something added by the last guy for that stupid pushbutton..? if not whats the purpose of the two?

 

i was gonna say check that cuz i had the same problem. but looks like you got it already so right on

 

I don't know why there are two solenoids on your truck but they are both supposed to be there.