so getting truck fixed after sitting for a while.
battery was completely dead and i tried to jump it to no avail. the starter would click but i guess it just never got enough juice to turn on.
anyways is there any chance i fried the starter doing this? not car savvy and its what im being told by the mechanic along with "other electrical parts"
on a 92 f150. never heard of jumping a car frying a starter

ive jumped it a few times within the past 6 months to randomly haul things and it fired up after just a couple mins.



This post was edited by slacker057 on Jul 17 2013 08:52pm

Hook a big diesel up to it, will fire if alt/starter is ok
Or get new battery imo , even pull one out of another vehicle for temp

/easiest steps first
Boost it with real power
Check grounds ( battery/starter etc )
Starter
And so forth, if it ran before fine its gunna be one of those 9/10

This post was edited by IB0T on Jul 17 2013 08:55pm

well it had other known issues with the trans which is all i expected to hear.

Tranny not a startin issue

Also you can typically get a few more runs out of a vehile by giving the alinator a wack, and tapping the starter when turning over.

Its an old truck that has been sitting, stuffs probably gonna go wrong regardless. But yeah, make sure the battery isn't fucked before anything lol.

Well all thats expected. im just curious if it is actually possible and the mechanic isnt just full of shit.

Sure its possible
Its old, worn wirea, bad grounds etc

What did u try ans boost it with?? Did u give it 5-10 min before turning over?

Just trouble shoot

Boost with power ( ive seen trucks fail, hook a skidder up ans bitch fired right up )
Hit starter
Swap batteries
Check grounds to starter/alt/battery

If it still dont run, come back or have a friend come look at it

This post was edited by IB0T on Jul 17 2013 09:08pm

what i did -
took battery out planned to just get a new one, decided just to jump it again i just needed it for the day.
put back in, took 200x acura tl
put on clamps, start acura, ran for prob 5 minutes. went to start only a click but dash lights and door ajar sound came on so i assume it was giving it some power o.O
i wasnt sure if it would sitting that long completely dead.
charged for another 5 ish minutes maybe longer and it would just click
and said fuck it.

and now id like to get it running well which means fixing the trans and a few minor problems.




really need to learn basic car shit

This post was edited by slacker057 on Jul 17 2013 09:23pm

I assume its a 302 ??
I couldnt jump a ol chevy 350 wirh my sentra either
Needs moar power !!

99% sure it will run, bur as you alrdy know. That bettery is gone. Need a new one

That battery is probably toast, make sure the cells are full of water (distilled) or it won't hold a charge any way

More then likely u just need a new battery.

You can pop one out of another car and try that, if that dissent work move on from there


Also I think I remember you saying that truck had an e4od, if it needs rebuilt it's gunna run u arround 1800-2500 depending on what internals you put back in it.

Might be worth looking for a bronco/f150 with a blown motor that had a recent tranny rebuild and buy it as a parts truck and scrap what u don't use


If u need any help for ford gas f150 f250 f350 or bronco from 1978-1996 I'm ur guy feel free to pm me