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Well I cut out the original starter relay & wired in a 12v 30a relay. Not the Ford starter solenoid type but it seem to be working. At least with the volt meter. I put an inline fuse on the 24v supply from the junction block just to be on the safe side. I know it has worked for a bunch of folks...

Well that's a thought. I reckon I'll check into the rebuild route. I could probably do it at the house if I can find parts. My starters not original. It's the gear reduction type. According to the previous owner it was rebuilt once before in 2014 by a shop in Barnwell SC.

Have yall ever heard of CME ARMA starters? They have a Miami address. Thought I saw somewhere they were made in the usa. I want a quality starter so it's not a reoccurring problem. Any experiences/opinions? I looked at the DB Electric starters, as cheap as they are it's tempting but I know...

To make it even better the heat shield on the starter has cut into the battery cable & shorted out. Pretty sure the starters toast. Fixed the shorted cable, got good voltage at both starter terminals. Clack, no spin.

I temporarily hooked up the burnt end of the fuseable link and everything works correctly at the relay plug & my gen2 light works now.

Looks like the original problem was the stuck starter relay. It burnt the fusible link on the firewall by the battery.

Ok, thanks. Yall can disregard that nonsense I said bout everything working but the starter & glow plugs. Now that I really look at it I got no gauge lights, no volt gauge & only 1 generator light. Awesome. More digging to come.

I agree 1000% I want to get everything electrical on this truck back the way it's supposed to be.

Well damn. I really hope I don't have to change the whole harness. Everything else seems to work correctly except starter & the glow plugs, my $ is on a bad glow plug card. As for the starting circuit, who knows why they put the push button in, bad ignition switch, stuck starter relay. I reckon...

My truck came with a push button for both the glow plugs & the starter. I don't mind the glow plug button but I want to fix the ignition so it spins over with the key like it should, but that's not my immediate problem. The hot wire to the starter button ran straight off the positive battery...