Sounds like the starter to me... since the jump thing only "sometimes works". You prolly only got a 90 day warrenty on the new starter...but some of the auto parts stores do offer lifetime on some of them. I would look that way... My thinking is that if it was the relay and only the relay then the jump would work every time.
Is my starter relay toasted?
In the last 1.5 years I have replaced my glow plug relay, batteries, starter, and alternator. Now the truck is having problems starting. Sometimes when I turn the key- nothing. There is plenty of juice. I hear the audible click in the front right portion of the hood. To make it run I have to jump the two posts on the starter relay with my keys. But that didn't work last night and I was stuck at the gas station for an hour! Finaly got that to work and the truck then started just fine.
Sound like the starter relay?
Sound like the starter relay?
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Dunno bout that spring... but I think my idea is sound...If the electrical power is there...(Maybe you should try something more substansal (sp) than a key ring) Then it should fix it every time.
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