97 Ford Power Stroke, starting problem.

Starter soups but doesn't engage. Clicking sound: you hear it spinning with a click sound before it starts spinning. No grinding sound. The mechanism to engage the fly wheel could be faulty, probably it is seized, or battery doesn't have enough power to make the solenoid fully pull mechanism (check battery amps charge if low. You may need to look at the starter as someone turns the motor over and make sure it's engaging all the way to fly wheel.
Sometimes you may need to Shem or file down where the two bolts go into the starter too get it far enough into the starter casing to get it to engage.
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Either the starter isn't engaging the flywheel or the flywheel is chewed up/missing part or all the teeth/gears.

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not sure what holds the gear to the shaft i would start with looking for a spring pin or pin the held the gear to shaft it may have been sheared off if so try and line it back up and use a punch and hammer to knock it out but please dont go crazy on it and bend the shaft

not sure what holds the gear on starter most likely a spring pin or pin if it is sheared line up with the hole it went thru and take a punch and a hammer and try to knock it out but be careful and dont get carried away and bend anything and take whats left and go to napa and ask them

There is no way the ring gear will hit the starter pinion unless the fly wheel bolts on the crank shaft or loose allowing the flywheel to run out of true. If you have had clutch/ rear seal work done lately the fly wheel will only fit in one position and if that was ignored at some time then the fly wheel will run out and touch the starter pinion.. I would also check the adjustment on the starter pinion as it has to be set by the lever pivot to a correct distance or it will touch the teeth of the ring gear

I love my Rangers, and it sounds like you need a new starter drive, better know as the bendix. It is cheaper to buy a new starter. As far as the door locks, I would get the starter fixed first and the door lock problem may go away. sounds like the starter is dragging the power down and could cause a number of strange thing to happen. Hope I have help you solve your problem. I think It will.

you may need to check the fly wheel,,to see if the outer part of it has seperated from the inside..plus check the teeth on the fly wheel...

i would have the starter tested you may be drawing to much amperage at the starter frying the fuses and relay, have a starter draw test to see how much of a draw it pulls when starting the truck.

The most common cause of a "No Crank" condition is a bad starter solenoid. The starter solenoid is a large coil that, most often, sits on top of the starter and engages the Bendix drive with the flywheel and sends power to the starter. If the internal coil goes bad, the solenoid won't engage the Bendix or turn the starter on. This condition will not cause any noticeable noise other than the clicking.