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1998 F-150 Wont Start - 6/22/2007 7:31:05 AM

nancylynn

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I have a 1998 Ford F-150 with a little over 200,000 miles on it, I drove it last night and it was fine, got up today and it wouldn't start, it just clicks, I have replaced the starter and the battery, it still just clicks any sugestions on what else to try, I am really desperate, this is my wheels to work, gotta work to eat.

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RE: 1998 F-150 Wont Start - 6/22/2007 7:33:01 AM

nancylynn

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I also changed a selenoid on the fire wall

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RE: 1998 F-150 Wont Start - 6/23/2007 10:05:39 AM

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same thing happens to mine its and automatic transmission, found if I try to pull the shifter hard into the park and hold it ,it helps to turn over and start also if that fails to work sometimes I can put it in neutral and it will start, make sure you apply brakes if you do neutral. seems to be faulty park switch or adjustment.

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RE: 1998 F-150 Wont Start - 6/23/2007 10:07:45 AM

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oh yea if neither of those work try jumping screwdriver across solenoid to hot cable with ignition on.

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RE: 1998 F-150 Wont Start - 7/25/2007 7:02:03 PM

justinmayo2006

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try replacing the altenator! mine is doing the same thing when i charge the battery up it will crank an run fine for a while! i put a brand new batter an had the altenator checked an it is good! so i dont know what else to do ne ideas!?

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RE: 1998 F-150 Wont Start - 7/26/2007 3:52:05 AM

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Clean those terminals and clean those ground wires. I've added more grounds to help keep this from happening. A bad ground (dirty/corroded) can cause this.

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RE: 1998 F-150 Wont Start - 7/26/2007 9:24:45 AM

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Definetly clean the battery terminals and wires before spending more money...

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