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New to the forum, and new to the f series. I had a bronco for several years and just picked up an 81 f150 with a 300 5 speed and 4x4. Its been highly abused. Its probably not worth fixing but i'm at least going to learn a few things. Interior is really bad and the ignition is destroyed. You can see the cylinder with part of the broken pin inside. I dont think its connected either. I know the truck runs because the friend i got it from had a friend who had it running this week. We couldn't get it running and he had no idea what the guy did. What they had been doing to start it was pushing on this wire above the steering column that i believe hooks into the ignition at the top. Somewhere along the lines it quit starting consistently ith that method. It would not crank. Sometimes it would do a single click around the starter solenoid (Not like a dead battery noise), but most of the time nothing at all. And then sometimes if would actually turn over and try. Now i did try jumping the starter solenoid and it was normally during those times that it would start. But not every time and it wasn't only when i did that. When it did try and turn over i could get it to run on starting fluid for a few seconds. To be honest, im not sure that it had gas in it at the time. Since then, i did add gas and i never could get it to try again. Voltage going into the ignition coil was around 7 volts. I'm not sure if the ignition was on or off when i checked at the coil because i dont think it actually turns off. They were removing a battery cable to get it to turn off before. I do plan on rewiring the majority of the truck because it appears to be in rough shape. Is there a way to bypass the ignition switch? Also, what do you guys think the problem is? Obviously i will be replacing the ignition switch but what other components may be at fault here? I'm waiting on the Haynes manual to ship. It seems to be shorting out somewhere because most of the time it doesn't do anything when attempting to start. I am mechanically inclined, but still relatively new at this. Sorry for the long post, any help is much appreciated.
I read that there is only an actuator on tilt wheels. Is this true? One of the well know members over there on fsb said this on that forum. I don't believe its a tilt but i just picked it up yesterday so i will check.
[QUOTE=Braggs;5020387]Last time i replaced a column, i just bought a rebuilt one. Try columsgalore.com or other webites. The site i bought from years ago is gone now.
Like i said before, you won't know what's wrong until you do some exploratory surgery.[/QUOTE888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 8888888888888888888888888888
10-27-2016, 09:53 PM
81 i6 ignition problems!
