SE_Alaska
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1988 7.3 IDI, 124,000 miles
Has set 10 years.
Restored to running condition recently.
While driving, engine quit, pulled over, found negative battery post too hot to touch, disconnected it.
Now, currently with:
positive battery cables attached to battery and starter, and
negative battery cables disconnected from batteries but still grounded to engine block, and
fender-mounted booster solenoid disconnected from battery power, and
12 Volts in both batteries, and
all wires disconnected from booster solenoid, I show:
The negative battery cable (disconnected from battery) terminal is energized, and
The wire to the actual engine starter solenoid (disconnected from booster solenoid) is energized, and
Of course the positive battery cable is energized.
When I touch the negative battery cable to the negative battery terminal, sparks (as the Good Book says) fly upward.
My friend thinks the starter may have been stuck and shorted out.
Any other thoughts out there?
From SE Alaska
Has set 10 years.
Restored to running condition recently.
While driving, engine quit, pulled over, found negative battery post too hot to touch, disconnected it.
Now, currently with:
positive battery cables attached to battery and starter, and
negative battery cables disconnected from batteries but still grounded to engine block, and
fender-mounted booster solenoid disconnected from battery power, and
12 Volts in both batteries, and
all wires disconnected from booster solenoid, I show:
The negative battery cable (disconnected from battery) terminal is energized, and
The wire to the actual engine starter solenoid (disconnected from booster solenoid) is energized, and
Of course the positive battery cable is energized.
When I touch the negative battery cable to the negative battery terminal, sparks (as the Good Book says) fly upward.
My friend thinks the starter may have been stuck and shorted out.
Any other thoughts out there?
From SE Alaska