OneGearhead

ok, this is an intermittent problem, and its getting on my nerves. ill go out, start the car, go to town, drive to a couple places, turn the car on/off a few times and then ill come out and it wont start. happened last week, thankfully, i was at a friends house when it happened. i had a friend come over, he tapped the starter a couple times, i tried it and it fired right up. now, normally, at the shops i worked at, that was almost always a starter. but i talked to another friend the other day and he said it could be the solenoid. now, next time, hopefully it happens here at home and i can try shorting the solenoid out with a screwdriver across the studs(his idea). now, if i do that, and it starts immediately, is it a bad solenoid? or a bad starter? or any other ideas would be helpful also. thanks.

94ford5liter

The solenoid almost always wears out quicker than the rest of the starter, so replacing the solenoid would probably fix your problem. If your low on cash i would just try that or if it was me I'd just replace the whole thing while your at it.

FivePointOhh

if you bridge the solonoid and it starts no problem its the solonoid.


just to clairify, when this issue happens, you have no cranking or does it crank and not start?

OneGearhead

ok. thanks. i was thinking that it would mean the solenoid, but thought i would check. it doesnt crank. i turn the key and you hear a click like a solenoid makes, but nothing.

FivePointOhh

more than likely yes, solonoid. if you are having no crank issues and your bridge the solonoid and it fires right up, yea starter solonoid orrrrrrrrrr its your ignition switch

OneGearhead

haha. i doubt its the switch, but i have one of those too for some reason....i bought it last year and dont remember why, but i have one of those. ill probably just go ahead and buy a solenoid and do that. if it happens again, ill replace the starter. thanks.

saleenpride1986

I had the same issue with mine once i got my new engine in it. although when it happened it to me it would try to crank but would short before it turned. not sure if you have any other mods, but mine was the starter cause my compressions is higher and stock starter sucked *****.

AdderMk2

if the starter is bad, replace the solenoid anyway... its only like $9 anyhow

OneGearhead

nope. stock engine except for a few bolt-ons. nothing serious.

oh yeah i planned on it. im living off unemployment right now, so i planned on getting a solenoid tomorrow, throwing it on, and go from there but ill probably go ahead and order a new starter anyway this weekend or early next week with my next unemployment check. so, it will ALL be replaced. just a matter of which comes first. haha