starter solenoid issue? no electrical

oldcarsandglass · Post by **oldcarsandglass** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:51 am

I've got a continuing project - 69F100 w/newly rebuilt 360 that is like the jelly of the month. most recent issue - no electrical (lights, brakes, won't turn over, etc). has been running fine with no issues. if the starter solenoid goes out, will i likely lose all electrical?

QC · Post by QC » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:24 am

It sounds like your battery is dead or you have a real bad connection. Check your battery voltage, it should be about 12.6 if its charged. You could just try to jump it from another battery. If it starts you know the truck battery is dead.

kid · Post by **kid** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:47 pm

No if the solenoid dies the truck will still have everything except starting. The truck power usually comes from the battery side of the solenoid.

Check battery voltage and then chassis to battery hot and you should be within .1VDC as when you measured the battery's + to -. A bad chassis to battery or block to battery ground will make the whole truck sick including no starting and no other electrics.

Trucks as old as ours have a lot of gremlins that for me are fun to fix but they can be trying. Radio Shack has a digital meter for $20 and that would save you days of quessing.

72hiboy4x4 · Post by **72hiboy4x4** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:52 pm

I just got done replacing the starter solenoid on my '88 due to a number of problems.
The connections on mine were bad enough that it caused a no-start at times, and sometimes it just plain didn't turn over.
In my case all the electrical for the interior was hooked to the battery side of the solenoid, and that caused all the problems.
A little re-wiring and a new solenoid, and looks like that solved all the problems.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:37 pm

check the battery and it connection also check the connections at the battery side of the solinoid. if you have power to them then check past that point witha tester to see where you lose the power at.

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:58 pm

anybody ever think of moving the wires going to the cab from the battery side to an insulator strip and then wiring up to the selenoid? Would this be Redundant?

72hiboy4x4 · Post by **72hiboy4x4** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:16 am

You would have to make sure the cable from the soleniod to the insulated strip was large enough to handle the amp draw. Very do-able tho. I am sure the loud stereo guys do that all the time.

I moved a few of my wires to the battery post, to reduce a little of the clutter and draw directly off the positive battery stud.

kid · Post by **kid** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:55 am

rjewkes wrote:anybody ever think of moving the wires going to the cab from the battery side to an insulator strip and then wiring up to the selenoid? Would this be Redundant?

I took all the wires that bundle power and ammeter in on an insulated terminal. Well I moved all my points to a strip and run a battery cable directly to the solenoid and all else to the terminal along with a Battery + 6 gauge wire to the terminal. 6 gauge will handle 65Amps if it is a rubber coated wire.

I use 4 guage for engine ground to battery and 4 gauge to the solenoid and 4 from the solenoid to starter.

splavin90 · Post by **splavin90** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:45 am

did you check your ground?

adrianspeeder · Post by **adrianspeeder** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:04 pm

Looks like you need to check out the three main battery cables and I suspect you will need to take a trip to a parts store for some new ones. Battery could be dead too.

Adrianspeeder

spencerwessels · Post by **spencerwessels** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:12 am

i was having the same problem, so i jumped it and it started turning over without the keys in at all. i replaced the solenoid but it still has the same problem. i am just going to get a painless wiring harness and start over.
spencer

72hiboy4x4 · Post by **72hiboy4x4** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:09 am

check your ignition switch first. if it isn't the soliniod, its a good bet the switch is causing that.

kid · Post by **kid** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:56 pm

Unplug the small woires from the solenoid and give it a jump to the battery side of the solenoid. If it spins the solenoid is stuck if not hook the small wire back up and see what happens.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 1:58 pm

look behind the fuse box for bad or corroded wires.

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