Ford F53 V10 will not start - Any ideas ?
I have a year 2000 Thor/ Four winds Hurricane on the Ford F53 Chassis. The RV has around 22,000 miles and is in great condition. I started it up today (29 degrees) and drove it about 1/4 mile to an ...
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dakdave wrote:
On the starter there is a smaller wire usually a push on spade terminal adjacent to the battery cable.
Make sure this connection is good.Ford had a lot of problems with corrosion on these terminals.
Many replacement starters come with a wire soldered on that you splice to original wire.worth checking
dave
The spade terminal is the key switch wire.it activates the solenoid.I have never seen one with a soldered wire on it. the earlier ones used the spade and around 96 and later ford switched to a threaded terminal.
Because of the location of the solenoid on ford engines they are prone to corrision.I would check my connections here first.
