irwin
Veteran Member
Did you remove all main connections, clean and resecure? that means positive at battery, fuseblock, and starter, then the ground at battery and block/frame. Your problem sounds like a poor ground or internal short in a component, Starter or alternator, or even glowplug timer controler or connection.
Then we move to the ignition switch itself, and the pigtail, look for corrosion, from there to the trigger wire (it's the small wire at the starter) corrosion has caused some hard to isolate no start conditions.
Without test equipment I'd start at the wires, carefully cleaning contact areas, and making secure. After eliminating connections widen the search.
Sometimes corrosion will get inside battery cable covering. More a few have had to replace the cables. Look for signs of corrosion and try to address it. Apply dielectric grease before resecuring connections, it'll help slow corrosion. If it doesn't solve the issue, you've at least improved your electrical system by fighting future problems.
Then we move to the ignition switch itself, and the pigtail, look for corrosion, from there to the trigger wire (it's the small wire at the starter) corrosion has caused some hard to isolate no start conditions.
Without test equipment I'd start at the wires, carefully cleaning contact areas, and making secure. After eliminating connections widen the search.
Sometimes corrosion will get inside battery cable covering. More a few have had to replace the cables. Look for signs of corrosion and try to address it. Apply dielectric grease before resecuring connections, it'll help slow corrosion. If it doesn't solve the issue, you've at least improved your electrical system by fighting future problems.