Bronco won’t start

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Asked by Guru52ZLC Feb 01, 2018 at 06:57 PM about the 1988 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 1988 Ford bronco. When I go to start it all
the electrical stuff turns on but it won’t start. Any
help would be greatly appreciated

9 Answers

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will not crank? or will crank but not start?

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Will not crank. You can hear all the electrical cooking on and the fuel pump engaging but will not crank over.

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34,250

sounds like a starter issue. Did you try one person turning ignition to crank and another person hitting the starter?

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I have a similar problem. I have an all original 1988 Bronco 2 and it was starting and running fine. Sometimes it would stall out when idle but would start right back up thereafter. I left for 2 weeks and came to start it but it would not crank/turnover. The battery doesn’t seem to be the problem as the lights and radio etc. work. I do hear clicking but am not sure what to do exactly. I’m newer to the Bronco but not too bad with Jeep Wranglers. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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Guys my girlfriend has an 87 bronco brand new engine, new starter, new solenoid, new battery everything in great condition and I still have this problem sometimes it is 99% of the time with me the park neutral switch. Simply put it in neutral and start er up. Works everytime!

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I have the same problem but if i grab the bar running down the top of the steering column and push it forward it will start

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Someone help! I have a 1996 bronco 5.0 Won’t crank or turn over. Will crank with a jump box New engine, transmission, alternator, and battery. Battery reads at 12.6 Bad starter maybe? I just replaced the starter solenoid bc I hit it with a loose ground wire and now my truck won’t crank

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12.6 is very low should be13.2 at least, recharge the battery then have it load tested, if it passes then see if it will crank over.

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