The Ford Barn

Gick70 · 12-22-2021, 06:24 PM

So I have some electrical gremlin in my 1952 ford f1,I would turn key and hit my start switch,sometime it works and sometimes not,when it wouldn't my dome light would go off as I turn the key to on.Now it doesn't work at all and I hear a noise and my battery voltmeter jumps. I thought one of my circuit breakers where going out...so I replaced with other used ones,no change.I am open to suggestions!!

cas3 · 12-22-2021, 07:22 PM

Sounds like crusty battery connections to me

47Monarch · 12-22-2021, 10:05 PM

I would check battery cables connections and engine ground starts to start

corvette8n · 12-23-2021, 09:36 AM

Wire brush all your electrical connections, make them clean,tight,bright.

Gick70 · 12-23-2021, 01:14 PM

I am narrowing to the ignition switch...

mfirth · 12-23-2021, 02:23 PM

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Was gonna say switch, but figured that was probably the 1st thing to be checked. Hope you find the problem & MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Gick70 · 12-30-2021, 10:26 PM

Well it was a short that was getting power from the switch,it was my instrument voltage regulator, I been having problems getting a good one,they last about a year,I was wondering if the power I was drawing off was fine since I have a generator? I don't have this problem in my 67 bronco,that has one..........

rotorwrench · 12-31-2021, 12:24 PM

A lot of the old Ford starting circuits aren't even tied in with the ignition switch. They will turn over with the key off but they won't start. The ignition is tied in with the switch.

The push button is the ground so it has to have a clean connection to the dash. If the battery cable to the solenoid or the battery ground cable are crusty then there could be a problem there. The large conductor wire from the solenoid to the starter also could have a crusty connection or a corrosion problem. Check and clean all connections is the first action. A solenoid test would be the next.

12-22-2021, 06:24 PM	#1
Gick70 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 107	Intermittent start So I have some electrical gremlin in my 1952 ford f1,I would turn key and hit my start switch,sometime it works and sometimes not,when it wouldn't my dome light would go off as I turn the key to on.Now it doesn't work at all and I hear a noise and my battery voltmeter jumps. I thought one of my circuit breakers where going out...so I replaced with other used ones,no change.I am open to suggestions!!

12-22-2021, 07:22 PM	#2
cas3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: sw minnesota Posts: 4,567	Re: Intermittent start Sounds like crusty battery connections to me

12-22-2021, 10:05 PM	#3
47Monarch Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Sydney Nova Scotia Posts: 126	Re: Intermittent start I would check battery cables connections and engine ground starts to start

12-23-2021, 09:36 AM	#4
corvette8n Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: 36 miles north of Albany NY Posts: 2,944	Re: Intermittent start Wire brush all your electrical connections, make them clean,tight,bright.

12-23-2021, 01:14 PM	#5
Gick70 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 107	Re: Intermittent start I am narrowing to the ignition switch...

12-23-2021, 02:23 PM	#6
mfirth Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: ohio Posts: 986	Re: Intermittent start Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Was gonna say switch, but figured that was probably the 1st thing to be checked. Hope you find the problem & MERRY CHRISTMAS.

12-30-2021, 10:26 PM	#7
Gick70 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 107	Re: Intermittent start Well it was a short that was getting power from the switch,it was my instrument voltage regulator, I been having problems getting a good one,they last about a year,I was wondering if the power I was drawing off was fine since I have a generator? I don't have this problem in my 67 bronco,that has one..........

12-31-2021, 12:24 PM	#8
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,425	Re: Intermittent start A lot of the old Ford starting circuits aren't even tied in with the ignition switch. They will turn over with the key off but they won't start. The ignition is tied in with the switch. The push button is the ground so it has to have a clean connection to the dash. If the battery cable to the solenoid or the battery ground cable are crusty then there could be a problem there. The large conductor wire from the solenoid to the starter also could have a crusty connection or a corrosion problem. Check and clean all connections is the first action. A solenoid test would be the next.