1994 Ford F-150 SHORT

KIRKPABA1

MEMBER
1994 FORD F-150
6 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
140,000 MILES

I REPLACED A STARTER AND GOT THE WIRES CROSSED AT FIRST, FIXED THAT AND NOW WHEN I HOOK UP GROUND TO THE BATTERY THERE IS AN LARGE ARC AND THE BENDIX ON THE STARTER SPINS EVEN WITH NO KEY IN IGNITION, DOES NOT ENGAGE FLYWHEEL?

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 AT 7:27 AM

3 Replies

MERLIN2021

MECHANIC
17,250 POSTS

You may have fried the starter, take it out and have it tested, Fords only use 1 cable to the starter, which wires did you cross?

SPONSORED LINKS

Was this

answer

helpful?

Yes

No

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 AT 7:31 AM

KIRKPABA1

MEMBER
1 POST

THERE ARE TWO WIRES ON THE STARTER, HEAVY WIRES AND ONE LITTLE WIRE THE TWO HEAVY WIRES ON THE STARTER WERE REVERSED AT FIRST AND I REPLACED THE STARTER AGAIN BEFORE I SWITCHED THEM TO THE CORRECT POSITION. THANKS FOR YOUR ANSWERS!

Was this

answer

helpful?

Yes

No

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 AT 7:43 AM

MERLIN2021

MECHANIC
17,250 POSTS

Looks like the only thing you could have fried, is the starter relay, it's behind the battery, the pos cable goes right to it. While it's spinning remove the small red/light blue wire from the top, does it stop spinning? Replace that relay.

Was this

answer

helpful?

Yes

No

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 AT 2:34 AM