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Old 11-16-2005, 11:18 AM
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i turn the car on lights come etc. everythign normal. but it doesnt crank or turnover it just stays silent. i hear the fuel pump come on and then kinda shut down a few seconds later... i just finished a bseries swap on the car. i checked all the grounds and everything seems fine

i searched and am still searching but i cant find much to help me out . ive already tried checking fuses. relays. etc

any help is appreciated
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double check all the connection to your starter . . . transmission ground aswell . . . . probably wont be anything with either of those, but its all the help i can offer you =/ good luck though =]
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makes sure there is power to the s switch on your starter, the wire from ignition or your neutral safety switch relay coud be bad
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If its a stick theres also a relay on the left side of the passenger compartment burried behind some other ones for the starter, check your connects on the battery to the starter, you could be making enough of a contact for the cars accesories to come on but not enough for the starter to crank, get a test light and check for power to the second wire to the starter the thin one, its allways possible the starter is bad from sitting or whatever else, you can try tapping it with a hammer while turning the key to check that, it sometimes works if the brushes on the motor are sticking ect.
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well i checked allt he connections and im getting power to it. all the fuses and relays are fine. i checked the griounds on the motor. and came up with nothing. i tried another starter . and nothing. both starters are fine.

next stop is towing this to a shop
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did I just read in the title that you dont have a ground connected...
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no you didnt. its worded wrong. all my grounds are connected. but still nothing...

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theres no ground coming out of the starter to connect anywayyssss so thank you
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well what exactly did u swap? Did u mess up on the obd1 and 2 or something tell us about your swap there mighta been a problem with the set-up. Check your main relay.

Check the fuel filter. haha nah im kiddin that comment just always gets up here and pisses ppl off.
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lol- fuel filter


ok well the motor is obd 1 but i couldnt use the original harness cuz it didnt match up to the plugs on my 92 hatch. so i took a harness from a b16 and used that. i never really had any extra problems after that.... it wasnt the cleanest harness though

i tried a different starter and it still didnt do anything.


now that im thinking... i think there might be something cut off the harness. i didnt try pulling the complete harness from the donor car.
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