Stu Bailey
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So my dad finally shipped his 61 Falcon and 85 F250 (I convinced him to buy). The truck has the 6.9 in it and an automatic tranny. It needs a lot of cosmetic work and a decent amount of mechanical work but overall he got it for a good price and it’s 4x4 with only 85k miles on the engine. Was an old date farm truck from California, LOTS of dirt everywhere.
Well, I filled the fuel filter with some ATF because it was empty, he’s had bad air intrusion since he bought it, and tried to start it. It cranked over but real slow. I should have just jumped it at this point but no, I had to go over to what I believe is the starter relay and try to start it across the terminals with a screwdriver. Well, that didn’t work and after that I couldn’t even get it to turn over. Fuseable link? Those looked like they’re in molded plastic…
The battery is still at 12.5V. And here’s the fun part: he was working with the steering column so to start it I’m using the rod on the ignition switch. I can cycle the glow plugs still, I can hear that going, but when mashed in it won’t crank anymore, not even a little. Thoughts?
Here’s some photos. The terminals I tried to short with a screwdriver was not the one on the firewall.
Well, I filled the fuel filter with some ATF because it was empty, he’s had bad air intrusion since he bought it, and tried to start it. It cranked over but real slow. I should have just jumped it at this point but no, I had to go over to what I believe is the starter relay and try to start it across the terminals with a screwdriver. Well, that didn’t work and after that I couldn’t even get it to turn over. Fuseable link? Those looked like they’re in molded plastic…
The battery is still at 12.5V. And here’s the fun part: he was working with the steering column so to start it I’m using the rod on the ignition switch. I can cycle the glow plugs still, I can hear that going, but when mashed in it won’t crank anymore, not even a little. Thoughts?
Here’s some photos. The terminals I tried to short with a screwdriver was not the one on the firewall.