adryanrowe
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This will be a long story
I've about had it with this Bronco. It's a 1995 Ford Bronco Eddie 5.8L I bought as a "project". For the past two weeks I've been having problems with it starting, and by that I mean, it's not starting at all. Alright, here's the story. Two weeks ago after an eight hour shift at work, I went to go home but the Bronco wouldn't start, it would make a single click from the fender relay but it wouldn't start (all the cars interior electrical stuff worked). I tried jumping it that same night but no go. So I came back the next morning and bam, it started perfectly and I was able to drive it home. Once I parked it and shut it off, I tried to start it again but the problem came back, no start, just a single click from the relay. I went out and bought an Actron remote starter, hooked it up, went under the car and started clicking the remote starter while smacking the starter... No go. Let it go for about 2 days, then I went ahead and tried to remove the starter, after removing the starter from the transmission and removing the cables, I immediately installed it back on due to sudden rain, and the car started, but of course, after driving it and turning it off, it stopped working. After the rain, I was getting pretty frustrated so I hooked up the remote starter and just clicked it non stop till it started and got it to the back yard so I could work on it. This time while I was removing the starter, I forgot to remove the small 12G wire that connects to the starter by female-male connectors and it snapped at the connection, making my starter trigger switch useless. I decided to ignore this for the time and went to work replacing the radiator core support and bushings. After all that was done, I went back to my starter problems, I ordered some new positive battery cables and a new motorcraft starter relay from RockAuto, got some 12G wire from Home Depot along with some crimp connectors and went to put everything back together. And what happens? Click. Just a single click from the starter, nothing else. All connections were tight. Well, the next day I went to check the battery and see if it would start. Car was dead, battery is now shot. I don't remember leaving anything on. Battery measured at 0.15V, yeah, not kidding.
And now here I am.
I can't think of why my car wouldn't start. I thought the new connections would be fine.
By the way, my relay bolts on to the fender and has 3 post. The top post is for a cable from the ignition, the post closer to the battery is for the cable that goes from the relay to starter (this is the one I made my self using 12G cable and two crimp connectors, the side that connects to the relay is a ring terminal that is crimped and has heat shrink on, and the end that connects to that started has a crimp female connector on, everything on this wire is rated to 600 amps), the other post is for the battery cable and the alternator.
Could it be of my home made wire? Or is the starter shot? I'm pretty sure without a doubt that my engine did not seize because it will run occasionally.
I've about had it with this Bronco. It's a 1995 Ford Bronco Eddie 5.8L I bought as a "project". For the past two weeks I've been having problems with it starting, and by that I mean, it's not starting at all. Alright, here's the story. Two weeks ago after an eight hour shift at work, I went to go home but the Bronco wouldn't start, it would make a single click from the fender relay but it wouldn't start (all the cars interior electrical stuff worked). I tried jumping it that same night but no go. So I came back the next morning and bam, it started perfectly and I was able to drive it home. Once I parked it and shut it off, I tried to start it again but the problem came back, no start, just a single click from the relay. I went out and bought an Actron remote starter, hooked it up, went under the car and started clicking the remote starter while smacking the starter... No go. Let it go for about 2 days, then I went ahead and tried to remove the starter, after removing the starter from the transmission and removing the cables, I immediately installed it back on due to sudden rain, and the car started, but of course, after driving it and turning it off, it stopped working. After the rain, I was getting pretty frustrated so I hooked up the remote starter and just clicked it non stop till it started and got it to the back yard so I could work on it. This time while I was removing the starter, I forgot to remove the small 12G wire that connects to the starter by female-male connectors and it snapped at the connection, making my starter trigger switch useless. I decided to ignore this for the time and went to work replacing the radiator core support and bushings. After all that was done, I went back to my starter problems, I ordered some new positive battery cables and a new motorcraft starter relay from RockAuto, got some 12G wire from Home Depot along with some crimp connectors and went to put everything back together. And what happens? Click. Just a single click from the starter, nothing else. All connections were tight. Well, the next day I went to check the battery and see if it would start. Car was dead, battery is now shot. I don't remember leaving anything on. Battery measured at 0.15V, yeah, not kidding.
And now here I am.
I can't think of why my car wouldn't start. I thought the new connections would be fine.
By the way, my relay bolts on to the fender and has 3 post. The top post is for a cable from the ignition, the post closer to the battery is for the cable that goes from the relay to starter (this is the one I made my self using 12G cable and two crimp connectors, the side that connects to the relay is a ring terminal that is crimped and has heat shrink on, and the end that connects to that started has a crimp female connector on, everything on this wire is rated to 600 amps), the other post is for the battery cable and the alternator.
Could it be of my home made wire? Or is the starter shot? I'm pretty sure without a doubt that my engine did not seize because it will run occasionally.