Hard starts

   / Hard starts #1  

bundyal

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Boaz,Al.
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Ford/Old
I've got an old T7.When I try to start it I turn the key and it hesitates for a second or 2 before the starter kicks in.It will start every time tho. I put a new battery,cables starter solenoid and starter switch in it.Any ideas?
 
   / Hard starts #2  
I'd suspect the ignition switch and dried inner lubricant.
Squirt some solvent/lubricant via the key slot and that might just cure it.
I've used WD40 that way with success.
 
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#3  
Its a new switch. The original switch did the same thing.
 
   / Hard starts #4  
Good wire connections? also power pos. neg. clean?
 
   / Hard starts #5  
I had something similar going on and it turned out to be corrosion in the main pos cable. Couldn't see it from the outside. The multi meter showed a ridiculous amount of resistance. Cut it open and it was a green crusty mess. Replaced it. Good to go.
 
 
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