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12-06-2010, 06:02 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: duluth minnesota
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Re: I need help now !!!!!!!!!
The original problem occurred in a warm vehicle. Fifteen minute drive. Stopped for gas. Back in truck. No Start. No Sound i.e. clicks. Nothing. Vehicle was towed. Sat in 15 degree weather for the night. No miracle in the morning. Starter pulled and taken to auto parts store where it "passed". So initial failure was while truck was warm. Been below 20 degrees ever since.
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12-06-2010, 07:06 PM
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Live fast, die young
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Northwest Ohio
Posts: 293
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Re: I need help now !!!!!!!!!
I can't offer anything that hasn't already been said here (wiring, switches, battery, cables, etc.), but I wish you the best of luck. Maybe try the solenoid before replacing the starter or ignition switch. Cheap, somewhat easier alternative, and it might help the starter. Mine cost about $18.
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12-06-2010, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: duluth minnesota
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Re: I need help now !!!!!!!!!
On the '74 the solenoid is attached to the starter. So without "finding" another suspect, a $40 starter/solenoid combo will be the first shot-in-the-dark.
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12-07-2010, 07:39 PM
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Canadian Trucker
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarnia, ont canada
Posts: 648
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Re: I need help now !!!!!!!!!
Ok, it just so happens the last few days I've had a similar problem with my truck, after a few hours diagnosing today, I discovered it was my ignition switch, looks like this
 It's on the steering column. I had the same issue you had, everything work but when I went to start it, nothing. Is you key harder to turn then normal? This could be your problem. |
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12-07-2010, 11:20 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: duluth minnesota
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Re: I need help now !!!!!!!!!
yes the key is harder to turn then normal ... what dose it take to replace the ignition switch
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12-08-2010, 02:25 AM
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Live fast, die young
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Northwest Ohio
Posts: 293
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Re: I need help now !!!!!!!!!
Gotta remove the heating duct that runs under the column, take off the little upper and lower column panels (one plastic lower part of dash, one part metal under the column), take two bolts off that hold the column to the dash and reach up under and take it off. Some advise pulling the column, but I've done it upside-down with a flashlight, so meh.
Last edited by D-Day; 12-08-2010 at 02:25 AM. |
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12-08-2010, 08:29 AM
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78K & 79C Jimmys
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Ottawa Ont CANADA
Posts: 7,901
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Re: I need help now !!!!!!!!!
Any chance you had the key cyclinder out?
i had to fix a friends car cause he turned the ignition with out a cylinder in it, and it turned the gear on the top of the colum inside(can wear out too this drives the switch lower down
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12-08-2010, 10:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: duluth minnesota
Posts: 38
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Re: I need help now !!!!!!!!!
GOT IT
the problem was the neutral safety switch and a fusible link blew thats for the help all =D |
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