Rich Kelderhouse

I have an 89 f150, straight 6, 4wd...My issue is when the engine gets good and hot, it won't start again unless I give it 30 min or so to cool down...It acts like a dead battery, lights and all work, but the engine won't crank...I've replaced the starter, battery, cables, solenoid...I can't figure out what is going bad when hot...

Steve83

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(phone app link)If the starter doesn't engage & spin when the key is in START, diagnose the cranking circuit. The R/LB wire at the starter relay (near the battery) should be 12V when the key is in RUN; and any time there's 12V at the relay's small terminal, it should snap loud and have 12V on both of the large terminals. Click these & read all the captions:


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(phone app link)Why? What diagnostic test did each one fail? Did each replacement pass the same test? For each replacement; what's its brand, PN, & source?

Rich Kelderhouse

I changed everything out one at a time...When it wouldn't start again, I knew I had not found the problem...The starter may crank the first time, even turning the engine slowly...Then, it's dead battery syndrome...30 minutes later, bam, starts like it never had an issue...