97 Ford F350 XLT, worked fine, but will crank but won't start --

Anon (no miles odometer told)
the starter is dead?
if yes say so clearly,
starter silent, clicks, chatters or is 100% dead. silent.
starter dead has 6 causes (plus Alternator tests too)
engine dead up to 50 (valve springs broken of 24 there?)
step 1 is check fuses
#2 the jumper cable the battery and crank it over?
the new battery is now dead. discharged from excessive cranking,or learn to keep the battery charged until it starts again. once started we do alternator tests, 13v to 15vdc running at lugs of battery.
the engine shut off driving,? on the fly driving alternator bad
or fuses to it blown.
learn to use a voltmeter at the battery cranking
11vdc is par, CRANKING less means battery is weak or bad or simply discharged. a 2man test,1 cranks other measures battery lugs. all 4 lugs tight,and cleaned of rust.
2cables = 4 lugs. to fail.


we use tools and meters and tests to find what is wrong


what engine
4.0 L Cologne SOHC V6
4.6 L Modular 24-valve V8
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VIN #8 code ?

cam chain failure?'
scans show cam timing off?

the driving to work stall sure can be the alternator dead
or just 16 year old bad spark plugs?
or 16 year old COP boots bad, sure the are that old
filters bad? clogged.
my guess (never accurate) guessing. is
when driving to work, the GEN/CHARGE/BATTERY
lamp in cluster was glowing and this is why it stalled
then didnt do the jumper cable jump starte
and see OMG all is good but the ALT /gen is dead.
and stalls again in say 1 hours, driving and battery is dead again , wash wear repeat.

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Fuse number 16 on the fuse block

yea got get you more troubles
just check the alternator is charging well and no battery light on dashboard it indicate the bad alternator
monitor your battery if it got old and cannot hold the charge any more
you said when you used another one your car turned on

could be a bad icp sensor or a bad ipr valve

Try this: turn the key on and then off, wait 10 minutes turn key on then off, repeat one more time. Works for other vehicals with chip keys. Good luck

if wont turnover check small wire going to starter for short or ground out. my f250 7.3 was doing same i found small wire going to starter broken and pinched by frame. berrydalewolf

disconnect negatives on batteries. then put a test lite from negative wire to negative post on battery. must have hood lite bulb out and doors closed. if test lite is on you have a draw. pull one fuse at a time to till lite goes out to narrow it down. good luck mrm

Check your battery terminals,,make sure they are tight, then if you need to go further, have the starter motor checked out.
Try a jump start anyway,,

i know what your problem is....its a ford!!!!