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Jul 18 2013 04:00am

Quote (slacker057 @ Jul 17 2013 10:41pm)

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.

Low current rarely fries a starter, but what can usually happen is your bendix gear will get stuck in the start position. You can usually smack the side of the starter and jar it loose.

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Jul 18 2013 08:44am

Take the battery out and bring it to an autozone. They test and charge for free.

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Jul 18 2013 09:05am

Quote (OEM @ Jul 18 2013 07:44am)

Take the battery out and bring it to an autozone. They test and charge for free.

those retards probably wont check the water, so make sure you do before you bring it to them

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Jul 18 2013 09:26am

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those retards probably wont check the water, so make sure you do before you bring it to them

I check the water. lol

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Jul 18 2013 05:36pm

was the truck stored outside ?

little rodents can eat some wires . idk why they like it .

it has the straight 6 ? great motor if so.

This post was edited by AriG0Ld on Jul 18 2013 05:37pm

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Jul 18 2013 08:37pm

you probably have a short in your wireing, my monte did this for a while until i rewired the starter, move the wire around that goes to your starter and try again, if not then your battery probably done for (generally not the case)

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