My 97 F250 Ford, 460 cubic inch engine (gasoline) is hard to start

Asked by Robert Sep 24, 2019 at 09:01 PM about the 1997 Ford F-250 2 Dr XLT 4WD Extended Cab LB HD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 97 F250 Ford, 4x4 460 cubic inch engine (gasoline) is hard to start
sometimes it will crank and sometimes it smokes the power cable the one that
burns is the smaller ground cable that goes to the body not the engine.

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