smokin'jay
SDD Junior Member
i purchased a 1996 f-250 7.3 automatic with 214k miles on it. purchased from a friend i have worked with for 10 years and will work together for the next 15 so i believe his story.
he drove it to work one morning just fine and it would not start when he went to leave that same evening. cranked engine until batteries died and then towed home. sat for two months until i hauled it to my house today.
it will not crank with the key switch. get all lights including "wait to start light" acting normally. when i turn the key to start everything goes dark and i get no voltage drop on my fluke meter i hooked up to the batteries. i can jump across the starter solnoid and get it to crank but will not start. i get a little white smoke out of tailpipe doing this. truck has new glow plugs and new batteries. any help would be appreciated.
he drove it to work one morning just fine and it would not start when he went to leave that same evening. cranked engine until batteries died and then towed home. sat for two months until i hauled it to my house today.
it will not crank with the key switch. get all lights including "wait to start light" acting normally. when i turn the key to start everything goes dark and i get no voltage drop on my fluke meter i hooked up to the batteries. i can jump across the starter solnoid and get it to crank but will not start. i get a little white smoke out of tailpipe doing this. truck has new glow plugs and new batteries. any help would be appreciated.