unplug angle connector and connect 12v to relay after you have hooked it all back up normally. That is how you normally bump engine over without having key on.
For us Tapatalk users, what year is your truck? There were pretty significant wiring changes in 92.
I would do a couple things. Check the grounding of your starter relay. It grounds through the base. I believe there should be a ground to the fender but it may be missing.
Your issues may or may not be related. The power for the cruise and the ignition switch may come from the same fusible link wire. I don’t have schematics handy. You’ve wallered them (the link wires) messing with the starter relay. You may have one that’s mostly broken and it’s not supplying enough current to the relay to pull the coil in fully every time. Next time it does it take the advice above and gently pull the signal wire off (trying not to jiggle things much) the relay and jump it to the hot side post. If it starts, it’s likely on the hot side. If not, could be a ground side issue. Jump the mount of the relay to the bat neg post. Is your engine ground in good shape?
Just some things to try.
Thanks Gents!
Raylan is a January '94 production f250 idit 4x4 e4od with 155,000mi on the clock. I had the opportunity to do some more diagnostics! When I went out to attempt to trouble shoot the cruise, I thought I'd start it since it was sitting for a day and it *seems* to act up when it's been sitting
. It,wouldn't start, so I grabbed the multimeter. The fender mounted solenoid *seems* to be doing what it should be doing. I had my lovely wife Marketa turn the key, and indeed the solenoid tripped with an audible click and the meter showed that it was delivering voltage, but no starter engagement. I crawled under with the meter and found good voltage at the heavy primary starter cable and with Marketa turning the key, voltage at the solenoid hot, but still no start
. Went back up top and jumped the solenoid battery hot to the ignition lug - no start. Jumped as before, directly to the hot and on the second touch it started
I'm wondering about the fusible links as well. I wish I could locate them and I wish that electrical trouble shooting was one of my strengths...
I'll provide the details of the cruise control diagnosis fiasco in the morning in the other thread...