A friend of mine and I are trying to get his old Ranger running instead of scrapping it. He recently bought a new truck and this ranger has sat for 3 or 4 months. We have put a new battery in it and still can't get it to start. When you turn the key over it does nothing at all. However the headlights and dash lights will come on. We also tried to push it a bit to see if the starter was stuck but still got nothing. Any suggestions??????

Check the starter solenoid?

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check the starter silenoid its right next to the battery looks like this
and my new one cost me like..14 bucks

also check the wires leading to the starter for cracks or cuts and the connection to the starter itself

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1990 Ranger Extended Cab
2.9L V6 5 Speed Transmission
Planning to put a 347 and a T-5 in it eventually

I had a similar bug and it was a ground wire from Battery to Sidewall

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Thanks guys..Put a new starter solenoid on and fired right up!!

try cleaning the battery posts, battery cables and ground really good. sounds like you got enough connection to turn on headlights but not enough to start it, just my two cents..

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2006 Ranger FX4 level 2 Black on black leather with auto trans. Current mods are: K&N Fipk kit with waterproof cover,Superchips program,1976 Johnson 4140 CB,Ford oem running boards (pretty much rock sliders), Stock Ford oem Sirius radio, custom wired Ford oem F-350 8/4 pin trailer plug with brake controller, WARN XD 9000i winch mounted to a Mile Marker winch cradel. Optima Marine blue top battery for the winch.