Thread: Newbie with a motor question...

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Could be one of several things, Joshua. I'd look at the battery cables first - make sure they're spotless clean and that the negative is tight to bare cast iron on the engine block. The positive need of course goes to one of the "big" post on the solenoid and it must be clean bight metal as well.

If you have a remote starter switch (if not get one), use it instead of the key - it will allow you to be out front when it does crank. Hook it up like below. Turn the key to "on" and use the remote start switch to crank.

If it does not crank - turn the ignition off (and leave off for this test) and hook the remote starter switch across the two big terminals on the solenoid and very quickly, tap the button. If starter turns, you have a bad solenoid.

I'd start there - others will chime in and you'll have this ol' truck running in no time!

Good luck,
Glenn