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| Posted: Sat Jul 14th, 2018 11:58 pm |
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VelociRanger I’ll probably do it tomorrow  Joined: Mon Jun 25th, 2018
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Since I bought it the only thing that's been done is new starter, spark plugs, oil changes, window replacement (my brother dropped the truck into a ditch) and tires. I've cut the exhaust off, but this problem was happening before that, and literally the only thing that came off was the muffler. Still has both cats and everything. Radio was in when I bought it, wasn't doing this till recently; about a couple months ago. But, today I took my owners manual and went out there, looked at all fuse locations and checked they were the right fuses, they were good. I then thought "what if it's something so ridiculously stupidly simple that I'm missing" and then disconnected the battery...the terminals had some sort of harden goop like crap on them, probably dielectric grease; cleaned both terminals and cables and guess what? Truck now starts every time :) code reader showed 0 CODES, gauges work now...time will tell. Tomorrow I'm getting under the truck to look for loose/pinched/exposed wires.
____________________ knowing when to quit is wisdom, being able to quit is courage. 1983 Ranger, reluctantly taking apart. Donor/project vehicle. 1997 Ranger Ex Cab Manual 4.0 2wd, dead on arrival. Hopefully reviving for a daily driver. 1984 Ranger, currently in ≈861 pieces. She’s donating what’s salvageable. |
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