Truck will not start and positive battery terminal is heating up

Asked by Shanelle_48 Mar 21, 2020 at 09:22 PM about the 2000 Ford F-150 Work LB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My Ford F-150 manual transmission truck will not
start and I have replaced the battery, wiring, starter,
and solonoid on my vehicle and the positive battery
terminal wire is heating up somehow causing the
truck to not start. Please help?

1 Answer

I already replaced all of the cables, terminals, and battery, and the starter, and the solenoid yet when I turn the ignition the starter just bumps and the wire to the positive terminal gets warm. The truck will just not start. I can do a field test on the starter and it will engage but when I put it back in, nothing!! Could it possibly be the ignition switch that is bad?? Please help!! Thank you.

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