Ford starter no bendix

[wander2039]

Working on the 86 F150 5.0L.. wanting to at least get it turning over to check compression. Factory starter was fine when parked 24 years ago. Went today to a local PNP and pulled one that looked new but a reman. Both are doing the same thing, won’t pull down the arm to push out the bendix. I can manually push it down and both work fine. I’m using jumper cables on the Festiva battery which is fully charged.

Really didn’t want to spend $80 on a new starter. Are both of these truly bad or is there a fix?

 

[JayhawkRoy]

1986 probable gunked up starter. Sitting for 24 yrs.

Rockauto has new starters for $50-60 (plus ship), depending on the manual vs auto thing. Sometimes you may need to bite the bullet.

 

[wander2039]

1986 probable gunked up starter. Sitting for 24 yrs.

Rockauto has new starters for $50-60 (plus ship), depending on the manual vs auto thing. Sometimes you may need to bite the bullet.

I took apart the 86 starter and cleaned/oiled it. Also sanded the brushes. Kinda surprised didn't work after that. Might have to just buy new.. or scrap the truck. I'm border line right now with how much it's fighting me.

 

[ka9mnx]

In the engine compartment on the right side, near the battery, there is a starter solenoid. They are known to go bad. I went through three in three years until I learned how the carefully drill out the rivets and smear some nolox in the brass contacts.

 

[Chris142]

Bad cable or connection

 

[wander2039]

In the engine compartment on the right side, near the battery, there is a starter solenoid. They are known to go bad. I went through three in three years until I learned how the carefully drill out the rivets and smear some nolox in the brass contacts.

Should of mentioned this is off the truck. Solenoid seemed to be working.

 

[Lubener]

In the engine compartment on the right side, near the battery, there is a starter solenoid. They are known to go bad. I went through three in three years until I learned how the carefully drill out the rivets and smear some nolox in the brass contacts.

Too much work to save an inexpensive part. Cheap solenoids don't hold up. I never had one go bad. I am still on my originals on my two 87's.