My 99 7.3 will not turn over, what am I missing?

[Lonesome7.3]

I picked up a 99 F350 that had been parked for years. I repaired, cleaned and replaced the entire fuel system. Not to mention all the other stuff like a new starter and batteries. After all that I drove the truck 30 miles home with no issues. Then it sat in front of my shop for a few months while I decided what to do with it. It started right up and I drove it home to give it a good cleaning. It has been sitting in the driveway for about a month and will not start now. At first it dragged like it had a dead battery. Now it will not even do that. I have replaced the starter (again), solenoid cleaned the battery terminals, checked the batteries, and checked and cleaned all the grounds. It mimics a bad ground because all it will do is click one time. I have been dealing with this for over a week now. What am I missing?

 

[IDIoit]

did you try jumping it from the solenoid?
I had to replace the steering column switch box on mine.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

Tried that to.

 

[79jasper]

Just one click and it quits, is likely losing connection. Or the starter is stuck. Hit it with a hammer.
Use some jumper cables to go from battery ground to engine block.
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[Lonesome7.3]

Tried it and replaced the starter twice.

 

[snicklas]

Can you bar the engine over by hand?

 

[Lonesome7.3]

Holy crap, I did not even think to try that. Thanks, I will give that a shot when I get home.

Any idea what size the bolt is on the balancer?

 

[snicklas]

The IDI uses a 15/16...... so that's my first guess..... I honestly don't know..... I have and IDI and then jump to a 6.0 PSD..... Only driven a 7.3PSD a couple of times.......

 

[Lonesome7.3]

I gotcha. I was just asking so I wouldn't have to take my entire socket rail to the house..

 

[snicklas]

My best guess would be in the 1 inch range....

@IDIoit
@79jasper

 

[Lonesome7.3]

That is what I was thinking

 

[IDIoit]

15/16 is correct, err the metric equivalent lol

 

[Lonesome7.3]

Thanks

 

[Double-S-Diesel]

have you checked the seloniod on the pass side fender.

 

[Lonesome7.3]

Replaced it more than once