93 EXPLORER SPORT, MANUAL 4.0 LITER. STARTER CONTINUES TO ENGAGE WHEN YOU LET GO OF KEY. WILL START AND RUN FINE IF YOU HOLD KEY SLIGHTLY FORWARD, BUT RELEASE KEY, AND STARTER REENGAGES. HAVE REPLACED STARTER, SOLENOID, BATTERY, IGNITION SWITCH AND KEY LOCK. IS IGNITION HARNESS BAD? DOESN'T LOOK BURNT. RELAY? PLEASE HELP

Sounds like you have a strange problem there.... Almost sounds like a timing issue between the cylinder gears & rack... I would go down to the ign sw & pop the rod out of it & use a screw driver to see if it starts & runs normal when you start it manually that way....If it does, your problem is in the colum & more than likely a gear timing issue

COLUMN ISSUE? COULD IT BE THE ROD? IT GOT CAUGHT OUT OF PLACE WHEN I FIRST CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND DIDNT REALIZE THAT IT WASNT LINED UP FOR HALF AN HOUR.

It's possible..... Try to manually start the car like I told you. If it starts & runs normal, the problem is in the colum....

I only have run in to that once.... A buddy was putting in a key switch in a Ford & took too much apart & got the timing off....On that one tho, it wouldn't go to the start position but I suppose you could have your's off the other way.....

My memory sux but I do remember it was a PITA until I got the right system down....... Seems to me something about the switch having to be in the start position???? I don't have access to my data base but I'm sure there is a procedure for it, if in fact that is your problem.....

DIDN'T WORK WITH ROD ASSEMBLY REMOVED, STILL WANTS TO START. CAN IT BE THE IGNITION RELAY, OR ONLY POSITIONING OF SWITCH? HAVE TRIED EVERY CONCEIVABLE POSITION OF SWITCH, AND SOMETIMES, IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS JUST A HAIR OFF. SEE 3 OF THESE ON THIS PAGE, GUESS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? STARTER STARTED DOING THIS AFTER PREVIOUS DRIVER TRIED TO REMOVE DASH TO DEAL WITH BAD SOLENOID. TRYING TO BACKTRACK, AND SEE WHAT HE MESSED UP

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Oh Gawd!... Anything in the world is possible here. I hate getting into problems someone else who didn't know what they were doing tore up........... You have my sympanthies......

Ok... Just so I'm straight...... key-off--no crank...key-acc--no crank...key-on/run--crank...Key-inbetween on/run & start--no crank....key-start--crank. (does it crank while holding it in the start position all the way?)

1st thing I would do is disconnect the trigger wire off the starter & hook a test light to it... Obviously it's having power to it in the on/run position & will light up with KOEO. (this way you'll save your starter & ring gear) If it doesn't crank in the start position I would problably be looking at the ign sw connector to see if it has been rewired improperly. If it does crank also in the start position I would leave the test light hooked up in the on/run position & start looking for a pinched wiring harness. Put the light were you can see it or have a helper look at it & start wiggling harness & see if you can get the light to go out or even flicker....

If you don't have a wiring diagram maybe on the guys here could post one for you....... Look at the trigger circuit & see whats close to it in a common area that could cause this and look there 1st......