Help!

[Lysons]

2003 F250 7.3 no crank or start
Sitting in a parking lot with no tools
Any ideas?!

 

[Luke@MillerPerformance]

Turn the key on, open the hood. Look on the passenger's side behind the battery, should be a single heavier gauge wire with a round type connection. This is the power feed to the solenoid on the starter, go straight to the positive side of the battery and see if it starts. still no crank, give the starter a few taps with something.

 

[Lysons]

No luck.
What wire are you talking about?

 

[lincolnlocker]

No luck.
What wire are you talking about?

when you turn the key does the cel come on? is there a click or does the motor turn over freely?

live life full throttle

 

[Lysons]

No cel or turn over
Just a click
My starter motor is loose as hell

 

[Magnum PD]

Starter needs to be grounded.

 

[Lysons]

How do I do that?

 

[ThreeFitty]

Don't they usually self ground to the block? So it would need to be tight to the block to get a good ground. Im not 100 percent positive but I thought that's how they went.

 

[Jason]

Nevermind.

 

[Jason]

Nevermind. I was thinking brads19, sorry dude lol.

 

[Jomax]

Make sure the shifter is in park. Shift to neutral, then back to park and try to start.

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[Lysons]

I got it to start.
I wiggles the wires on the start and put it from n to p a couple times.

 

[Jomax]

I got it to start.
I wiggles the wires on the start and put it from n to p a couple times.

Glad you got it going! If it was the starter, make sure you tighten that nut. I like to use locktite.




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[96stacked&smoken]

They have a ground wire by the way, as they bolt to aluminum.

 

[mustube]

They have a ground wire by the way, as they bolt to aluminum.

Aluminum is conductive, and the 3 7.3s I remember doing a starter on didn't have ground wires on the starter.

 

[superpsd]

Well good that you got it started...Now driving a Ford without tools you have the faith that I don't. Also if it is a grounding issue you can always run jumper cables from the negative terminals on the batteries to the block to see if it's a grounding issue should you not have a meter handy.

 

[Jomax]

Well good that you got it started...Now driving a Ford without tools you have the faith that I don't. Also if it is a grounding issue you can always run jumper cables from the negative terminals on the batteries to the block to see if it's a grounding issue should you not have a meter handy.

That really goes to any older vehicle for carrying tools, not just ford lol.

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[mandkole]

I use a denso 7.3 starter for the dragbike-- it grounds to the case and the steel bar that you hold on to. Theres 24V going through that dude..

 

[Lysons]

I'm dead in the water again guys.
This time I think my starter went bye bye.

 

[TERRCO]

I hope your home at least.


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