Re: Starting

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>Subject: Re Starting
>
>> Question 1): What is the problem,
>>wiring or the solenoid?  Question 2): If this happens again (I have a
>>trail trip planned for next weekend, 3 days in Canyonlands, UT), is >there
>>any way to bypass the electricals in the cab and just "hotwire" the
>>solenoid?  Will that even work?  Thanks in advance.
>
>                                DurangoMan
>
>Don't hotwire the truck. Check the connections at the Starter. Clean the
>connections until they are shiny,nuts and washers as well, and put it
>back together. the other connections to clean are the battery terminals.
>It makes a real difference.
>
>
>Bryan

I'm with Bryan, DurangMan. Over the years, several times I solved 
starting problems that sounded like yours by tightening the nut that 
holds the battery cable to the solenoid. If I had cleaned everything 
first it probably would have been even better.
John Hofstetter

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