Occasional no start issue

[Stunner]

Yeah, my '92 is doing the same thing. It has been since replacing the factory starter. Went through 3 or 4 starters in a week 'til we found one that would actually work (they made grinding noises and/or dragged badly). The last one worked, so we thought the starter issue was over.

Then that clicking shit started. Not a continuous clicking, but a single click when the key was turned to the start position. After a few tries, it would finally start. We checked the wires, and cleaned all the connections and grounds, but nothing changed.

We let it go, since we didn't want to play musical starters again, but it got so bad we gave in and put another rebuilt one on this past Monday.

Just like before, the first few days were great, then the clicking shit started right back up. So, trust me, I know where you're coming from.

[74Dusted]

Yeah, my '92 is doing the same thing. It has been since replacing the factory starter. Went through 3 or 4 starters in a week 'til we found one that would actually work (they made grinding noises and/or dragged badly). The last one worked, so we thought the starter issue was over.

Then that clicking shit started. Not a continuous clicking, but a single click when the key was turned to the start position. After a few tries, it would finally start. We checked the wires, and cleaned all the connections and grounds, but nothing changed.

We let it go, since we didn't want to play musical starters again, but it got so bad we gave in and put another rebuilt one on this past Monday.

Just like before, the first few days were great, then the clicking shit started right back up. So, trust me, I know where you're coming from.

Just curious, but did you make sure you got a Starter for a D50 with a Manual Transmission. There is a difference between the Automatic & Manual Transmission Starters. They look almost identical, but they are different.

I ran into this problem with my '87 once, i ran an Auto starter in it (from a 904 equipped D50) with a KM145 5-Speed. Sometimes the truck would start ok, other times it would drag and make yip yip noises (like someone was kicking a dog). other times it wouldn't crank at all. Yanked the starter after about a year of that, and luck had it that i had a 5-Speed Starter laying on the floor beside it and noticed the differences. Sure enough the gear & nose were different and so was the travel/throw. When it wasn't cranking, i found that the gear was actually smacking the flywheel instead of engaging the flywheel like it should have.

[Stunner]

Every starter was for the manual transmission.

We ended up putting a different starter relay on my truck, and it has cranked fine since. The starter relay was actually one off of a riding mower, if you can believe that. It is just a temporary solution, as we are checking out every possibility to find the root of the problem here.

This past weekend, we removed the added starter relay, and bypassed the factory one. It cranked fine with no incident, until yesterday, when the clicking resumed. So, that only leaves the ignition switch, since it is the only thing left that hasn't been thoroughly checked, which will most likely happen this weekend.

[Yoshiwarrior]

Then that clicking shit started. Not a continuous clicking, but a single click when the key was turned to the start position. After a few tries, it would finally start. We checked the wires, and cleaned all the connections and grounds, but nothing changed.

Mine does the same thing. It's been like that since I got the truck in March. I can't figure out what it is either. It's got a new starter on it.