ford ranger no start
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Topic: ford ranger no start
Posted By: trace
Subject: ford ranger no start
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 11:27am
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i know this is off base but a lot of mechanical knowledge on here. about a month ago i had my mechanic change the valve cover gaskets on my 99 ford ranger 4 liter 6 cylinder. ever since when it's wet out it won't start. turns over fine but no fire. i took it back and it set at his shop for 5 days but would always start. rained yesterday and wouldn't start again. dried up this morning and started fine.??? any suggestions??? have had this truck for 11 years and has never failed to start. 205,000 miles and just a work truck but love it and want to keep it. ------------- 1955 WD-45 WIDE FRONT W/ TRIP LOADER |
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 11:46am
| Distributor cap cracked? Rotor corroded? Replace plug wires? |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 12:44pm
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Shameless must not have seen your post yet or he would have had a suggestion for you...
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 2:11pm
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Na it's just over his head |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 2:40pm
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Yeah,,,and his suggestions ain't gonna be anything nice bout fixin it ,,,,,just you wait,,,,,
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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 2:53pm
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You might try a water bottle and mist the plug wires and distributor cap while it is running to see if it starts to stumble. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Manchester Allis
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 2:53pm
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I will second the ignition related
response. Usually a moisture related no start comes down to Spark plug
wires. Can also be dist cap, but I believe a '99 has the ignition module
with the wires plugging in there. Easy test when it is dry and running,
use a spray bottle with water and squirt the area of the spark plug
wires, if there is an issue you will get a good light show. |
Posted By: trace
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 3:22pm
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thanks guys. that's what i mean, wealth of info on here. it is a coil pack. appreciate the help. ------------- 1955 WD-45 WIDE FRONT W/ TRIP LOADER |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 7:42pm
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Not positive, but I was thinking that they have coil packs in them. 98 explorer does, and that was the first thing that went out on us.--developed the might start, no start thingy. ------------- http://machinebuildersnetwork.com/ |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 8:06pm
| ya'll already know what i'd say on this...however...me being the nice guy I is, I had a Dodge that would do the same thing until...one nice dry day I bought a can of spray sealer, and sprayed the entire cap and all the plug wires with it. had to do it about twice a year, but it solved the problem. cheap and easy. |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 9:11pm
| I had a f350 do the same thing. Never did figure it out. New caps and wires didnt help. What with all the carb problems, I just sold it. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 9:23pm
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ya'll already know what i'd say on this...however...me being the nice guy I is, Ain't he just the sweetest you ever seen,,,,??? er,,,,,,,,maybe he is changin a little at a time,,,,,??  You allright,,Shameless,,,,and,,,and,,,I'm gonna tell ole JC and Chask to not poke you so much,,,UM,,,at least no more than a couple times a day,,,,,,
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 09 May 2019 at 10:56pm
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Where have I heard that before? ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 10 May 2019 at 9:33am
Dang it, I even googled ‘99 ranger distributor cap before I posted, got hits showing 4 and 6 plug wire terminals. I thought google knew everything. 
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Posted By: trace
Date Posted: 11 May 2019 at 8:44pm
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ok guys, sprayed water on coil block and plug wires, nothin. open to more suggestion from you. thanks. ------------- 1955 WD-45 WIDE FRONT W/ TRIP LOADER |
Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 12 May 2019 at 7:37am
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A shot in the dark here, did he get a wire pinched under the valve cover? That happened to me on my old '74 Plymouth. In my case the alternator stopped charging after I put new valve cover gaskets in it. Found there was a little wire that got pinched under the cover when it was tightened down and it was intermittently grounding out because the insulation was cut through. Not likely in your case but anything's possible. ------------- '49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2 |