hacked89
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Chances are it’s the ignition switch, rod, etc along those lines in the column. It’s a bricknose thing. Jump the starter relay. If you don’t know how send pic of your solenoid.
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Any chance the small trigger wire on the starter solenoid disconnected or got damaged? That happened to me one time while working on something unrelated.
If you have no voltage at fuse 18 that makes me think you have a burned up fusible link. They are all there at the start relay on the fender.Fuse 18 is good. No power to it when I turn the key.
I can jump across the starter solenoid on the fender, and the engine turns over.
A universal one is $10-30 just avoid Dorman/Napa one. The one I got in an emergency for my bug has a weak return spring so it likes to leave the starter spinning when I let go of the key. I got a Standard (SMP) one from O'Reilly that's definitely differently made, it has a single sided key, not double sided like Dorman/Napa.The Motorcraft ignition switch is $70 for the '89, would be $20 for the '94 ambulance. Oh, well.
Maybe Herbie got tired of driving an import and went American.Maximum Overdrive or Christine.....be careful.