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Repair guides and support for the eighth generation of Ford F-Series trucks: the F-150, F-250, F-350, and F-Super Duty.

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Crossed batterie cables now no start

I accidentally put batterie in backwards then it wouldn’t start so I replaced solenoid and it still won’t start. It turns over fine but won’t start. It’s got different batterie now also so that’s not what I messed up. It’s just not firing for some reason. The solenoid I bought has mbis on it and my original one once had two on it. But I’m possitive I hooked it up correctly it’s a F250 4x4 with 5.8 auto and it’s 7700lbs

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The solenoid has nothing to do with it starting. It only allows the starter to work and you said the engine was cranking. I would check ALL OF YOUR FUSES. There are some inside of the cab and some under the hood. If all of the fuses are good I would hook up a scanner and see if it has any codes in it. It's a possibility that the ecm/pcm was damaged from hooking the battery wrong. It could also have damaged the ignition module. But lets start with the fuses first and the scanner. You can get a cheap on at autozone and you need to get one that will work with your vehicle. It's not an obd II vehicle and it uses the ford specific connector which is located under the hood on the firewall usually.

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Your description of the solenoid replacement is not clear. If your original solenoid had two small terminals and the replacement has one, then that is possibly where your problem may be.

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The original soleniod had 3 terminals and replacement has 4 with b positive to b soleniod m to starter and s is ignition switch.

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