{"id":59946,"date":"2020-03-30T06:19:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=59946"},"modified":"2020-03-30T06:19:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:19:05","slug":"1994-ford-f-350-7-3l-idi-will-not-crank-or-click","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/03\/1994-ford-f-350-7-3l-idi-will-not-crank-or-click","title":{"rendered":"1994 Ford F-350 7.3l IDI will not crank or click"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1997-ford-f350.jpg\" alt=\"Ford F350\" width=\"596\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1997-ford-f350.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1997-ford-f350-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My 94 f350 will not start with the key , all of the gauges and glow plugs will turn on when I turn it to the on position but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/nostart.html\">will not crank<\/a> or click , But with the key on I can jump the fender solenoid and it will start up fine .<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>While you have someone hold the ignition key in the &#8220;START&#8221; position check for battery positive at the &#8220;S&#8221; terminal on the starter solenoid using a multi-meter.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/wiringproblems%206.html\">How to use a multi-meter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When battery positive is seen at the &#8220;S&#8221; terminal with ignition key in the &#8220;START&#8221; position it proves the ignition switch, neutral safety switch and wiring harness are good. At this point you have narrowed it down to a faulty Starter Solenoid.<\/p>\n<h3>Starter Solenoid Replacement<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Disconnect the positive battery cable from the battery terminal. With dual batteries, disconnect the connecting cable at both ends.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the nut securing the positive battery cable to the relay.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the positive cable and any other wiring under that cable.<\/li>\n<li>Tag and remove the push-on wires from the front of the relay.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the nut and disconnect the cable from the starter side of the relay.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the relay attaching bolts and remove the relay.<\/li>\n<li>Installation is the reverse of removal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 94 f350 will not start with the key , all of the gauges and glow plugs will turn on when I turn it to the on position but will not crank or click , But with the key on I can jump the fender solenoid and it will start up fine . While you&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/03\/1994-ford-f-350-7-3l-idi-will-not-crank-or-click\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1994 Ford F-350 7.3l IDI will not crank or click<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15651,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-ford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}