This is my Caribbean truck so I do not have all my tools or diagnostic equipment available to me here.
Recently this truck has developed a very strange starting problem. I am thinking maybe it is the ignition switch or a cable somewhere is not making a great connection or it has some serious electrical gremlins surfacing. I do not think it is the starter (starts strong when it starts) or the battery (no voltimeter here, i don't want to pay 40-80usd for one so i have to wait for the gf to bring it down with her). I have owned this piece of crap for about a year and this problem has more recently surfaced.
When I turn the key it does one of the following:
also cheap fixes if you think you know the problem would be awesome
this is a beater and i do not mind rigging it
Also it usually runs pretty strong but sometimes it will just lose all power (even on completely flat terrain). I am thinking fuel so I am going to start with a new filter and pray its not the pump/injectors/relay, gas down here is terrible.
thanks for the help!
Recently this truck has developed a very strange starting problem. I am thinking maybe it is the ignition switch or a cable somewhere is not making a great connection or it has some serious electrical gremlins surfacing. I do not think it is the starter (starts strong when it starts) or the battery (no voltimeter here, i don't want to pay 40-80usd for one so i have to wait for the gf to bring it down with her). I have owned this piece of crap for about a year and this problem has more recently surfaced.
When I turn the key it does one of the following:
- starts right away or doesn't (usually will start when it is cold or has been sitting out of the sun, maybe of no connection)
- sits for about 30 secs up to 2 mins with the key turned then cranks or doesn't (works the most often)
- doesn't crank but sometimes if i let the key in the ignition slide back towards me a little (we are talking mm's here) but still in the cranking spectrum it will start
- sometimes i can turn the key from off to start 50 times and it won't crank but on 51 it will (you get the idea) (this sounds like the starter though)
- sometimes it will crank without the clutch in, sometimes it wont
also cheap fixes if you think you know the problem would be awesome
this is a beater and i do not mind rigging it
Also it usually runs pretty strong but sometimes it will just lose all power (even on completely flat terrain). I am thinking fuel so I am going to start with a new filter and pray its not the pump/injectors/relay, gas down here is terrible.
thanks for the help!
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