Intermittent starting issue
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Lately every once and awhile I'll turn the key to start it and nothing will happen. I will have to manually move my shifter up and down a few times to get it to turn over. It doesn't do this all the time and I'm wondering what's causing it and if it will get worse. Thanks.
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really the starter? A week ago when it first did it my buddy was in the truck with me and i was like ****! it wont start and he was like oh move the shifter around and it started right up but honestly i would have never thought of that and prob would have tried to jump it or something...anyone else vote for early signs of the starter failing?
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Your starters going bad. When you turn the key and it does nothing except click, thats you solenoid plunger thats stuck. the next time it doesn't want to start, go under the truck and gently bang it a couple of times with a dead blow hammer and it'll start right up...that's just a temp. fix though.
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An intermittent starting problem as described is usually the neutral start switch. When you turn the key to start the NSS provides a path to ground and the starter engages. The NSS sometiimes does not provide a path to ground and when you turn the key to start, you don't hear a thing. It just does nothing.
If it were the starter, you can sometimes hear the solenoid clicking.
The best test is a voltage test. When the start problem surfaces, check for voltage at the solenoid terminal, the small terminal, with the key held to start. No voltage means a problem in the starting circuit. Yes, battery voltage means a problem with the solenoid or starter. Hitting the starter a couple of times may get it to start. Usually the problem is that the solenoid contacts are warn and not making contact. A very cheap fix, rather than a new starter.
If it were the starter, you can sometimes hear the solenoid clicking.
The best test is a voltage test. When the start problem surfaces, check for voltage at the solenoid terminal, the small terminal, with the key held to start. No voltage means a problem in the starting circuit. Yes, battery voltage means a problem with the solenoid or starter. Hitting the starter a couple of times may get it to start. Usually the problem is that the solenoid contacts are warn and not making contact. A very cheap fix, rather than a new starter.
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this is true when i turn the key NOTHING happens not a click not a sound. My hunch is that its not the starter, although a lot of you say it is, I can't see it being that. I'm tending to agree about the other things that were mentioned.