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 area where I park it to run the generator monthly to keep it in tune. The RV started and ran perfect. I shut the engine off while I was parked. After about 10 to 15 mins with the engine off I decided to start the engine in order to leave and go back to my parking spot.
Well as you can tell from the title, it did not start. I did not get any starter noise or cranking noise. There is NO clicking or turning over of the engine. The battery is perfect as I keep it on a trickle charger, and all the lights and all other electrical works fine and I have 12.9 volts on a voltmeter. For some strange reason the engine will not start. Again, NO clicking, NO cranking, NO nothing. All I hear is the sound of the electrical relay sending power to the starter.
Does this sound like the starter died ? or does it sound like a loose wire or corroded wire or bad ground somewhere ? I checked the position of the shifter to be sure that it is all the way completely pushed to the left in the Park setting since my 2001 Ford f150 will also not start if the shifter is a bit off from the Park notch setting in the column shifter. I made sure that the column shifter in the Motorhome is securely in the park position and nothing happened. I even tried the Neutral setting but nothing there also.
It will not start, crank, click or even make any sound.
I will have it towed tomorrow, but I am wondering if the Ford F53 has any weakness or known issues that anyone is aware of that might cause this problem ? Would a starter just seize or die like that ?
Any things that I need to check first ?
Thanks Mark
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 area where I park it to run the generator monthly to keep it in tune. The RV started and ran perfect. I shut the engine off while I was parked. After about 10 to 15 mins with the engine off I decided to start the engine in order to leave and go back to my parking spot.
Well as you can tell from the title, it did not start. I did not get any starter noise or cranking noise. There is NO clicking or turning over of the engine. The battery is perfect as I keep it on a trickle charger, and all the lights and all other electrical works fine and I have 12.9 volts on a voltmeter. For some strange reason the engine will not start. Again, NO clicking, NO cranking, NO nothing. All I hear is the sound of the electrical relay sending power to the starter.
Does this sound like the starter died ? or does it sound like a loose wire or corroded wire or bad ground somewhere ? I checked the position of the shifter to be sure that it is all the way completely pushed to the left in the Park setting since my 2001 Ford f150 will also not start if the shifter is a bit off from the Park notch setting in the column shifter. I made sure that the column shifter in the Motorhome is securely in the park position and nothing happened. I even tried the Neutral setting but nothing there also.
It will not start, crank, click or even make any sound.
I will have it towed tomorrow, but I am wondering if the Ford F53 has any weakness or known issues that anyone is aware of that might cause this problem ? Would a starter just seize or die like that ?
Any things that I need to check first ?
Thanks Mark
