Justinwht
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This is a follow up of replacing my starter on 2000 Explorer with 4.6 L OHV engine.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums...rter-replacment-2000-explorer-4-l-ohv.462220/
Ford has determined that corrosion in the last 4 inches of
the vehicle's S-terminal (ignition) lead may have been the
cause of / or could result in a "NO CRANK" condition.
The replacement starter had a six inch lead with a ring crimp connector already screwed on and other end with a butt-splice connector.
I didn't find any corrosion, besides when I had the starter unbolted I had someone try starting it and the solenoid clicked and pushed the starter gear out. So it was indeed a bad starter.
One caveat - the butt-splice crimp connector is a 22-18 ga (red) connector, but the solenoid signal lead is about 16 ga. So I cut off the manufactures splice and crimped on a 16-14 ga (blue) connector.
The manufacture's connector had a heat shrink tube around it, which I had to cut off. So for my connector I packed both ends with silicone grease and wrapped the whole thing with fusion tape (or you could use electric sealing mastic). Two things to point out -- Use the proper crimp flat die for insulated connectors, not the knuckle die for un-insulated connectors; wipe off engine and silicone grease with mineral sprites (thinking back high-pressure brake cleaner would have been better) before wrapping with tape or mastic.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums...rter-replacment-2000-explorer-4-l-ohv.462220/
Ford has determined that corrosion in the last 4 inches of
the vehicle's S-terminal (ignition) lead may have been the
cause of / or could result in a "NO CRANK" condition.
The replacement starter had a six inch lead with a ring crimp connector already screwed on and other end with a butt-splice connector.
I didn't find any corrosion, besides when I had the starter unbolted I had someone try starting it and the solenoid clicked and pushed the starter gear out. So it was indeed a bad starter.
One caveat - the butt-splice crimp connector is a 22-18 ga (red) connector, but the solenoid signal lead is about 16 ga. So I cut off the manufactures splice and crimped on a 16-14 ga (blue) connector.
The manufacture's connector had a heat shrink tube around it, which I had to cut off. So for my connector I packed both ends with silicone grease and wrapped the whole thing with fusion tape (or you could use electric sealing mastic). Two things to point out -- Use the proper crimp flat die for insulated connectors, not the knuckle die for un-insulated connectors; wipe off engine and silicone grease with mineral sprites (thinking back high-pressure brake cleaner would have been better) before wrapping with tape or mastic.
