Truck fixedThat was it, the Theft system. Fortunately it wasn't the truck at all, but my keys, BOTH mine and my wife's. When I started with this line of thinking today, I dug up a 3rd key and tried it- nothing. When I pulled the #4 relay (can't remember the name, but related to this) and...

May have found problemI have my buddy over to help me with this again, and I think we may have narrowed it down.First of all, we did finally try a different battery- my buddy's battery is a week old, we put that one in my truck and no go. Good to finally eliminate that.During...

Will do. I ran a new positive cable because there was a lot of green corrosion surrounding the copper strands, but did not do the negative. I did try jumper cables from the negative terminal to a ground point on the motor, in an attempt to bypass the negative cable.

Update on problemThis weekend was the first chance I've had to work on this since I posted last.I'm getting 11.8 volts at the positive post of the starter solenoid (starter and solenoid are one unit). I took the starter off and took it into AutoZone yesterday, and the starter and...

I had been reasonably sure that it wasn't the battery, especially when the kid at Walmart hooked me up to his portable starting box and I got the same results, but now I need to make sure after hearing this. While turning the key, sometimes the CD player ejects, the power locks jump, etc...

So my 2000 Ford Ranger has finally quit starting. I say finally because I have had issues for some time. I get an excessive amount of battery terminal corrosion, and probably a dozen times over the past 6 months, the truck wouldn't start. Normally it would start after a few minutes of banging...