What's wrong my 77 ford. F150 stalled on freeway- why did it try to turn on while trying to connect the positve end of battery with no key in ignition?
It stalled on fwy and
made 2 big noises and it
seemed like something
fell off frm the bottom.
But why it try turning on
with no key In ignition?
It won't start.
7 Answers
77 ford has a solenoid on fender well, the contacts are fused closed from arcing, bang on it with a small tool
migration_judge_roy answered 10 years ago
good point 7jim7...forgot about that...but all by itself...without a starter signal from the key?~
migration_judge_roy answered 10 years ago
the starter switch is bad, wanting to engage when is isn't being turned...if you lead a clean life it would not engage while the motor was turning stripping the starter gear and stripping the teeth of the ring gear...we might have just caught it in time~
migration_judge_roy answered 10 years ago
if the battery is old (more than five years) will stop accepting a charge anymore and needs to be replaced...perhaps yours is a 'marginal' five or more year battery?~
the solenoid issue is a problem as a result from jumping and trying to get it started n the first place, other problems still exist
