'96 Conquest no power to starter
My '96 Gulfstream Conquest w/460 V8, started last year, but has set over the winter. Now when I try to start it, nothing happens. I have checked the battery,starter, solenoid, and starter relay. Al...
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Sure could be the ignition switch. All my diagram shows is "hot all the time" and a fusible link to it. The stuff that IS working, like Headlights, don't go through the ignition switch, but the Wipers, Radio etc. that are NOT working ARE switched.
We had an older E350/460 and it used that older style starter. It also had only one fuse box and no Control Module. What I don't remember is if the Battery Cables fed the Wiring Harness, right at the Battery. On some vehicles there's a heavy gauge wire coming out of the battery terminal, right next to the main cable. It feeds the rest of the vehicle and the heavy cables handle only the starter. Those that are NOT that way still have branch coming off to feed the main wiring harness, just depends on the vehicle where the pull it from. Might be at the other end of the battery cable. On some GM vehicles it was where the battery cable met the starter-mounted solenoid.
OP - Careful Inspection Required! See if you can figure out where the Chassis itself gets Positive and Ground. Trace from Battery till you know where the power and ground are supposed to flow from/to. If the battery post terminals include a wire in addition to the cable, make sure it's connecting. Then I'd say go after the ignition switch.
Check your Private Messages. The Manual I mentioned also has a section on Ignition Switch.
An Owner's Manual would be really helpful too, as it should call out the fuse locations and what they power. If you don't have your own, maybe somebody with that year or close can look for you. I personally don't know how to do it, but I think Ford offers Owner's Manuals as free downloads.
We had an older E350/460 and it used that older style starter. It also had only one fuse box and no Control Module. What I don't remember is if the Battery Cables fed the Wiring Harness, right at the Battery. On some vehicles there's a heavy gauge wire coming out of the battery terminal, right next to the main cable. It feeds the rest of the vehicle and the heavy cables handle only the starter. Those that are NOT that way still have branch coming off to feed the main wiring harness, just depends on the vehicle where the pull it from. Might be at the other end of the battery cable. On some GM vehicles it was where the battery cable met the starter-mounted solenoid.
OP - Careful Inspection Required! See if you can figure out where the Chassis itself gets Positive and Ground. Trace from Battery till you know where the power and ground are supposed to flow from/to. If the battery post terminals include a wire in addition to the cable, make sure it's connecting. Then I'd say go after the ignition switch.
Check your Private Messages. The Manual I mentioned also has a section on Ignition Switch.
An Owner's Manual would be really helpful too, as it should call out the fuse locations and what they power. If you don't have your own, maybe somebody with that year or close can look for you. I personally don't know how to do it, but I think Ford offers Owner's Manuals as free downloads.
