hey

my truck has been sitting for a few months because i was doing some work on it. I finally got it all put back together and triple checked everything. I go to start it and all i here is like a arching sound from the starter and now i have nothing. I know my battery was done for so i will replace that today as well as I'm going to toss in a new starter relay because i cant even here that ticking anymore. any chance anyone else has seen this or heard of this, any help would be appreciated.

PS. I've tried searching the net and other forums but i cant seem to find anything and what i have found I've tried like checking if wires are corroded and so on

 

See if you have power at the fat cable to the starter, then, check and see if you are getting at least 9 volts to the solenoid (skinny) wire when the key is turned to the start position. If both of those are true, replace the starter.

 

will the starter power wire always have power or should i turn the truck to on

 

The fat cable should always have power. Skinny wire will only have power when the ignition is in the start position.

 

ok so, new battery is in and im getting power to the starter but nothing to the solenoid. i think im calling it a relay problem but i wont know until this afternoon when the parts come in

 

Swap the horn, and starter relays. Try again.

 

nope no go. not getting anything to the solenoid

 

i checked the neutral switch on the trans and the neutral part seems to work but the switch also controls the back up lights and they wont come on

 

Truck won't start unless it is in either park, or neutral. Do you get anything with the truck in neutral? If you do, sounds a lot like a failed switch there. Considering where they hang out, not too much of a surprise.

 

nope nothing in neutral either. got my back up lights working tho, is it worth trying a new safety switch?