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Not starting... Could it be the load somehow? Please help!
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 1000812" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>I don't see any relationship to tying down your load and why the truck will not start.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think it is just a coincidence, but I would first look at the Steering column wiring harness. The tilt wheel in Gen-1 Sport Trac's is known to cause very erratic, intermittent problems with anything wired through the steering column...which includes the starter and ignition.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I had a problem where my wife would intermittently tell me that the Sport Trac would not start that day? I would come home from work to check it out, and it would start just fine? I checked the battery and everything was just fine. This occured numerous times over the period of about a month.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Eventually, my wife went to visit relatives in Louisiana and right on que, the Truck would not start one morning. She had it towed to the local Ford Dealer there (all under warranty) and they played with it all day and could not get it to start o figure out what the problem was. Finally, one of their techs remembered the problem with the tilt steering column pulling on the wires in the steering column, and sure enough, that was the problem. He corrected the problem and everything worked fine without any further problems.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 1000812, member: 52972"] I don't see any relationship to tying down your load and why the truck will not start. I think it is just a coincidence, but I would first look at the Steering column wiring harness. The tilt wheel in Gen-1 Sport Trac's is known to cause very erratic, intermittent problems with anything wired through the steering column...which includes the starter and ignition. I had a problem where my wife would intermittently tell me that the Sport Trac would not start that day? I would come home from work to check it out, and it would start just fine? I checked the battery and everything was just fine. This occured numerous times over the period of about a month. Eventually, my wife went to visit relatives in Louisiana and right on que, the Truck would not start one morning. She had it towed to the local Ford Dealer there (all under warranty) and they played with it all day and could not get it to start o figure out what the problem was. Finally, one of their techs remembered the problem with the tilt steering column pulling on the wires in the steering column, and sure enough, that was the problem. He corrected the problem and everything worked fine without any further problems. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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