I have a 1983 ford ranger and it wont start but i just put in a new ignishion and starter and solinoid

Solinoid or starter motor, clean and grease wires, no luck the solinoid is the cheapest to replace. The starter can be checked by placing it, live wire with screw on the live battery terminal and the body on the neg. good luck.

As simple as it sounds, make sure the transmission is in PARK. Also, there might be a fuse that goes to the starter. Might even be a loose ground/hot wire from the primary electrical system.

Have the battery load tested. Sounds like while the battery has the 12 volts to run the lights it does not have the Amps to turn the starter. The clicking is from the starter solinoid.

It's your starter making the grinding noise,may be going out,to test,you must remove,Autozone will test for free.

of course it may be the clutch switch, but may also be anything related to the safty switch (switch, conector @ switch, wires going to the switch) but there is also a fuse for the ignition circiut, check for power on both sides of the fuse with a multi meter or a 12v light prob somtimes fuses look good but have a micro crack in the foil. One more place to look first because its probably easiest to access is check for power on the small leads @ the start solinoid with the key in the start position, just posible the solinoid is stuck or burnt coil.

Perhaps you purchased a defective one it wouldn't be the first time i seen that happen.

the clicks are a signature of a bad battery, since your is new, it probally is not bad, i would try to jump the car with cables, even though your battery is new, you dont know how long is sat ont he shelf before you took it home, may be weak, 1 good jump to get the motor going and the alternator will charge it right up so wont have to so it again....

the only other thing is the starting system left to look at if that dont work is the starter, try banging on it a little with a hammer, not to hard though, as someone turns the key, this will sometime free up a locked up solinoid.


Good Luck

Either voltage regulator is fualty, or starter relay is faulty, or you don't have metal to metal contact on the connections from battery

Have your starter checked it might be bad.

possible starter solinoid bad