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    Bronco won't start, what am I missing?

    My 68 has been sitting for a while b/c the 3spd transmission (completely rebuilt when I built the bronco in 2009) has just about given up the ghost from being behind a 351. Is sounds like it's ready to grenade. I have a ZF 5spd that I'm putting in. I've gathered the will power to start the project, but the damn thing won't start.

    It just clicks, lots of clicks.

    O'Reilly's tested the battery, says it's good. Tested the starter, says it's good. I put a new fender mount solenoid on, no change, still just a clicking/grunting sound. All cable connections are tight, all cables are newer/good shape.

    WTH is going on?
    Ronald Reagan:"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

    Homer: "Bart...there's 2 things I know about women. Never give them nicknames like "jumbo" or "boxcar" and always keep receipts...it makes you look like a business man."
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    Wiggle all the cables at their connections. Probably corrosion in the cable end. Also batteries can have voltage but no amperage. Not sure how good their test is on the battery. Next would be to use a charger or another battery to jump.
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    • #3
      Just put it on an old style charger, the one I had wasn't convincing me.

      This afternoon, I'll take a battery out of something else that I know to run and put it in the Bronco if no change from a few hours @ 10amps charging.
      Ronald Reagan:"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

      Homer: "Bart...there's 2 things I know about women. Never give them nicknames like "jumbo" or "boxcar" and always keep receipts...it makes you look like a business man."

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      • #4
        feeling dumb. It was the starter. It bench tested fine at the auto parts store, but when I put 12 V directly to it on the truck, I got nothing. Put a new starter on, problem solved.

        Now I get to bench press transmissions.
        Ronald Reagan:"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

        Homer: "Bart...there's 2 things I know about women. Never give them nicknames like "jumbo" or "boxcar" and always keep receipts...it makes you look like a business man."

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        • #5
          The negative side is not making good contact.

          1 side (negative) went to motor and a ground strap in the back of the engine that
          everyone kills or destroys. It is on the passenger side top bell housing
          bolt or the right hand cylinder head to body.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by barronj View Post

            Now I get to bench press transmissions.
            You know you can rent a transmission jack, unless you just like to have a heavy ass transmission(s) lying on your chest to make you feel more manly...
            Originally posted by Silverback
            Look all you want, she can't find anyone else who treats her as bad as I do, and I keep her self esteem so low, she wouldn't think twice about going anywhere else.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Rick Modena View Post
              You know you can rent a transmission jack, unless you just like to have a heavy ass transmission(s) lying on your chest to make you feel more manly...
              So you're saying you want a tranny to sit on your chest?
              Originally posted by PGreenCobra
              I can't get over the fact that you get to go live the rest of your life, knowing that someone made a Halloween costume out of you. LMAO!!
              Originally posted by Trip McNeely
              Originally posted by dsrtuckteezy
              dont downshift!!
              Go do a whooly in front of a Peterbilt.

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              • #8
                This thread is beginning to show some real potential!

                Honestly, thanks for mentioning that I could rent a transmission jack. I have never used one, but if I've pulled a T5 out of a fox body once, I've done it a dozen times. The casing on the three speed is steel, making it substantially heavier than a T5. There is no question that I will need a transmission jack for the ZF 5 speed, a beast of a transmission.
                Ronald Reagan:"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

                Homer: "Bart...there's 2 things I know about women. Never give them nicknames like "jumbo" or "boxcar" and always keep receipts...it makes you look like a business man."

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by DON SVO View Post
                  So you're saying you want a tranny to sit on your chest?
                  If the tranny looks like Amanda Cooper/Gina Corano/Rhonda Rousey, then YES!
                  Originally posted by Silverback
                  Look all you want, she can't find anyone else who treats her as bad as I do, and I keep her self esteem so low, she wouldn't think twice about going anywhere else.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Rick Modena View Post
                    If the tranny looks like Amanda Cooper/Gina Corano/Rhonda Rousey, then YES!
                    well, when you put it that way...
                    "If I asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by DON SVO View Post
                      So you're saying you want a tranny to sit on your chest?
                      If she's hot swallows and keeps her panties on, maybe.

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