Ford won't start
I have a 2011 Vista with the Ford V10 that I bought almost a year ago. Soon after I bought it, I went to start it and nothing. I tried a minute later and it fired right up. I have since used it heavil...
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Hey Rock! Where are the Other Two?
Checking Connections, always remember there's Ground as well as Hot. We saw a couple cases here where the Battery Cables (with molded sealed terminals on the ends) were in fact open within those invisible connections. If you put a Meter, set for Volts DC, across both ENDS of a cable or connection and try to crank it, you should see Zero or only a Volt or two. If you see a higher DC voltage, the meter's telling you there was loss between the two points you metered.
If you replace the Fender-Mounted solenoid, take a picture or make a drawing of the connections to get them all back where they belong. Otherwise you may not have power to the rest of the vehicle.
Checking Connections, always remember there's Ground as well as Hot. We saw a couple cases here where the Battery Cables (with molded sealed terminals on the ends) were in fact open within those invisible connections. If you put a Meter, set for Volts DC, across both ENDS of a cable or connection and try to crank it, you should see Zero or only a Volt or two. If you see a higher DC voltage, the meter's telling you there was loss between the two points you metered.
If you replace the Fender-Mounted solenoid, take a picture or make a drawing of the connections to get them all back where they belong. Otherwise you may not have power to the rest of the vehicle.
