My 81 F-150 will not start at all just clicks. I put on all new solenoid, starter, and battery. Local mechanic said possibly the wrong flywheel (as I did convert it from 2WD to 4WD) put in the flywheel still to no avail. Please help I don't know what it could be.

 

Try the alternator?

 

Use a known good battery [new does not mean good] and a good set of jumper cables [4ga or heavyer] connect the- to the engine block and touch the+ directly to the starter. IF it cranks starter and fly wheel ok next gonect +cable to the batt side of the solinoid and trip it with a short jumper if it cranks solinoid ok then connect + to the + batt terminal if it cranks then you have a bad battery or abad cable probabl the ground cable or a bad or missing chasis to engine ground

 

Mine did that last night. Did it work after u did all of that stuff or is it the first time u have tried to start it up?

 

It seems as though the motor is tight I tried turning the flywheel and it won't budge. I don't why it would be tight as it was parked only a couple weeks ago never had troubles before

 

Is it possible that that the fly wheel is jamed into the starter gear or the starter housing[Wrong starter] or that the fly wheel is hitting the engine block or bell housing [wrong fly wheel] or one or more of the fly wheel bolts is hiting the engine. And last a long shot is it possible that you have the trans locked in 2 gears in which case it would rank with the clutch depresed. kind of hard to diagnose without knowing more about what parts are changed from stock.

 

My uncle had this happen,he replaced the starter and when he did a piece of the bearing or something dropped down in the flywheel,he gave the truck to my cousin who finally found it.The longest time they thought it was locked up,wouldn't turn over just clicked.

 

I don't understand though even I put on a different flywheel it still does it you think i would have caught it..I don't know do you think it is overtightened or something like that