 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / January 20091998 F150 starter cable
couldn't start my truck the other day, so I replaced the battery. still no go, followed the wires and found some green corrosion where the cable is held by a clamp to the truck frame. did a bit more digging and found the cable completely corroded thru. so where can i find an illustrated diagram to find out which part i'll need to order? if I need to order the whole harness, I think i'd rather patch it instead. anyone have success in this? > couldn't start my truck the other day, so I replaced the battery. still > no go, followed the wires and found some green corrosion where the cable [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > need to order? if I need to order the whole harness, I think i'd rather > patch it instead. anyone have success in this? If you're talking about the ground cable, just measure the length and get the closest thing at your local auto parts store. > > couldn't start my truck the other day, so I replaced the battery. still > > no go, followed the wires and found some green corrosion where the cable [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > If you're talking about the ground cable, just measure the length and > get the closest thing at your local auto parts store. I bought the positive cable for my Explorer at Auto Zone--they had it in stock. It looked like it would be very difficult to replace but once you remove both ends and follow the old path with the new cable it wasn't all that difficult. You just have to be careful about what it's against and not against and have come cable ties ready. My only real objection to the after-market cable was that it has a copper/bonze terminal and it corrodes more easily but a lot of Vaseline seemed to take care of that. At about 1/5 the price of the Ford OEM it's worth the little bit of trouble. > > couldn't start my truck the other day, so I replaced the battery. still > > no go, followed the wires and found some green corrosion where the cable [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > If you're talking about the ground cable, just measure the length and > get the closest thing at your local auto parts store. was confused until I re-read my post. cable is the one that goes between the starter solenoid and the starter, not the ground. not sure if it has standard ends on it, but what you said will be my second plan if the replacemetn cable is overpriced. to know that I need a part number for it so I need an illustrated parts diagram for a 89 F150 > to know that I need a part number for > it so I need an illustrated parts diagram for a 89 F150 No you don't. Take the cable off and take it to the auto parts store. They'll give you something close. On Jan 11, 11:49 am, david <n...@nospam.com> wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:01:23 -0800, Tater rearranged some electrons to > say: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > If you're talking about the ground cable, just measure the length and > get the closest thing at your local auto parts store. was confused until I re-read my post. cable is the one that goes between the starter solenoid and the starter, not the ground. not sure if it has standard ends on it, but what you said will be my second plan if the replacemetn cable is overpriced. to know that I need a part number for it so I need an illustrated parts diagram for a 89 F150 How long is the cable? IIRC the starter solenoid is mounted on the starter itself. I think you are talking about the starter switch (commonly and mistakenly called the solenoid) that is mounted on the fender or firewall between the pos battery terminal and the starter terminal. If this is the case, follow the excellent advice of the above poster and simply take the offending cable to your parts store and get a replacement.....A voltage drop test would have shown you that the problem was not the battery but increased resistance in the circuit indicating bad connections or bad cables....Good luck... DaveD |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.