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Anonymous Posted on Mar 15, 2010

Turn the key and nothing happens. - 1988 Ford F 150

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  • Anonymous Mar 15, 2010

    Battery, starter everything is fine. Seems the rod in the column has busted. You turn the key to the Aux position, nothing. You turn it to start and it moves all the way to it's full travel and when you hit the stop the fuel pump comes on and the electrics buy you have no more travel to start the truck.

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    Let me know if you have checked/ tried these things... Battery: Have you tried jumpstarting it? Are all the connections corrosion free and tight? Starter: If the battery is good, try tapping on the starter with a small hammer while someone else is turning the key. Just tap it, no need the destroy it. If it starts, you are due for a starter replacement.

  • Marvin
    Marvin May 11, 2010

    are the battery and the battery cables ok?

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The rod that actuates the ignition starter switch down on the bottom of the steering column is driven off a small rack and pinion gear drive by the key cylinder, either that is broken or other parts around it, if this is tilt steering you have big problems, this steering column is hard to repair, I have done at least 50 of these in my Ford dealer over the last 35 years, never took less than 4 hours to get the whole thing back togeather, also u need special tools if it is a tilt, my suggestion to u is try and find a used column on ebay, they go for around $100, compared to the difficulty of the job and the parts u will need it is cheaper to go that way.

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Battery good? Connections tight? Good ground connections? Bad solenoid on starter? Keyswitch good? Not sure if '88 has start relay. Good luck!

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