1994 Ford Ranger SOLENOID PROBLEM

The small grond wire from the positive terminal started smoking -you shouldn't have a ground wire hook up to the battery positive terminal-

At the starter relay check for power red and lite blue do you have it? Get back

I have 1994 Ford Ranger XLT and it would not start and so I put a new Battery and Solenoid and now my truck won't start.

Do you mean it cranks over and refuses to start or just won't crank at all-if it cranks over and refuses to start do below

If the engine's condition is in tip top shape-do below to determine if its fuel or spark problem that's if its cranking over and refuses to start

Get a carb cleaner and spray into the carb or the throttle body on an EFI. Did it start and die? If not disconnect a sparkplug wire or 2 and ground it to the engine -have helper crank engine over-do you have a snapping blue spark? If so-you have a fuel problem, check the fuel pressure to rule out the fuel pump/pressure regulator and listen to the injector/s are they pulsing or hook up a noid light. No snapping blue spark continue to troubleshoot the ignition system-power input to the coil/coil, distributor pick-up coil, ignition control module, cam and crank sensors-

If both fuel and spark is present-check the valve and ignition timing, this will lead you to problems with compression and valves opening and closing at the wrong time

Test all the fusible links -make sure the starter relay is grounded properly and test out the ignition switch-