93 IDI Non-Turbo will not start, solenoid on back of block is clicking and is hot

[Sandaholic]

One of my buddies is having a bad day today, and needs some help/direction. I quoted him below. This section is not very busy, maybe I should post this somewhere else as well? Any ideas are appreciated.

Originally Posted by schwabby04

Woke up this am to go get breakfast for my wife an my mom who is in town taking care of my wife who just had surgery last week to a gas leak under my house. I worked outside for the day building my new firepit and tearing down an old patio cover that looked like it belonged on a mobile home. Got a call about half way through the day that my daughter, who went with her grandparents to the family gathering for the day which we didnt attend because of the wifes surgery, fell down while playing went to the doctor and broke her nose. THEN we went to start up my moms truck and notta. It cranks but no cigar. There is some solenoid on the back of the block that was making some noise, clicking on and off and there is an exposed coil that was hot as all hell. Not sure what solenoid it is but there were no parts stores open to get one anyway. ANY ideas what the he!! it is? It is a 93 Ford IDI non turbo, 2WD F350.

[ryandamo]

glow plug solenoid i would imagine, commonly go bad

[CHUCK]

yep, thats what it is...................

[Sandaholic]

Originally Posted by ryandamo

glow plug solenoid i would imagine, commonly go bad

Originally Posted by CHUCK

yep, thats what it is...................

Thanks, I will forward this to him

[kuti6.0]

if the glow plug selenoid is bad you can always do a shot of either to get it started

[Sandaholic]

They got it taken care of. Thanks for the input.

And just as a little closure to possibly help someone else who may run across this thread in the future read below.

Originally Posted by schwabby04

The relay was the GP relay so Tyler gets the cudos for that, thanks man. The problem though wasnt the actual relay it was a glow plug, and her return fuel lines on the driver side were leaking, which we knew, but had gotten worse, to the point of not building up enough fuel pressure. That combined with a bad GP was the prob. Big thanks to Bill and Bruce at Certified Power Systems in Salem for getting her back on the road in time to be to work on Tuesday, and for a very reasonable price. And as far as the gas leak under my house I ened up fixing it myself for six bucks. Thanks for all of the answers and input guys, I have been on here over a year now and still think it is pretty dam cool how hopeful to another fella everyone is.

[dakotajeep]

Originally Posted by kuti6.0

if the glow plug selenoid is bad you can always do a shot of either to get it started

As a rare exception, yes but routinely NO. These engines do NOT do well with ether.....bad advice unless its really important and you have no other option...

I only say this to save an engine that someone may try to use ether to start.....

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