ok maybe youze guyz can help me. When i try to start my truck it just clicks im guessing the starter is plunging but not turning so i did the usual change it out alonge with the battery and alternator so everything is new and the terminals are clean and tight so i try to start it and the same thing click click click but if i let it roll and pop the clutch while turning the key it lines up and cranks so is the wiring from 87 worn out and is not able to push sufficiant voltage to the starter and its time to do a harness or is there a relay i can change or do a push button to bypass the key cylinder??????? let me know what you think maybe one of you have had this problem already?

 

Check your grounds. I stopped having odd electrical issues on imports once I started grounding the shiat out of them. I build a harness with minimum 10 gauge stereo power cable that ties the body, engine and frame together along with an extra off of the alternator.

 

ground is bad or you have corrosion in the power wire. check all ur wires for 12vlts.

 

Yeah sounds like ground.Bench test your old starter with some good wire.Make sure it's still good.Also check the plug going into the starter make sure its good. Maybe wiggle it while someone tries to start it.

 

Yup . Had the same deal skinny old grounds couldn't take it anymore

 

Thanks guys I'll get to it today

 

OK all new wires starter, battery, and alternator and still no start use to be an intermittent issue but now it permanent starter relay clicks but no start is there anything else I need to try before I drop some cash on a relay or is that the issue is there a way to bypass the starter relay or put a old school ford relay in? Help I need answer's

 

Maybe run a wire straight from battery to starter?
Hopefully someone else can verify if that will work..

 

Starter relay?

 

Yea starter relay mounts on the inner fender passenger side behind the fuse box it clicks but no start

 

only other problem I could see is with your ignition switch/tumbler wires.

 

It has to be the relay. Check if your getting any power to the starter signal wire.. If not bypass the relay and bam problem solved

 

I'm going to swing by the salvage yard tomorrow at lunch and see if I can get a relay hopefully it will crank been reading some posts on pirate 4x4 about this problem and two of the three post said this was to blame so its worth a shot I'll keep y'all posted

 

Get it figured out?

 

Yes Sir push button bypass

 

Must be the relay. Check wiring and continuity to relay then replace

 

Could be bad (weak) starter solenoid. Have your starter checked at Autozone/Pep Boys.

 

yea replaced the new starter with a newer starter its got to be the relay oh well iv got time to find one now

thanks again everyone i appreciate the input