P-ridge28

what would i need/ do to install a p28 into my 00 civic with a d16z6 swap engine is in and runs but has wrong ecu.

Civic2Fast

jumper harness... or lots of cutting and splicing

P-ridge28

ok because the person who did original swap spliced in a p06 and hotglued it into the original p2p harness

Civic2Fast

as shotty as that sounds... if it worked, it worked... so if he already spliced in OBD1 connectors on the OBD2 harness... you just plug in your p28

grumblemarc

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Pics.

P-ridge28

grumblemarc

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Oh crap. Looks like silicon. You can swap them but please get a decent harness.

98civdx

Good lord.


But that looks like a jumper harness to me anyways. You can tell becuase the stock ecu plugs, plug into that box.

Replace it. OBD2b to OBD1 jumper.


EDIT- He didn't get into the cars harness did he? That looks like elctical tape.

P-ridge28

ok so i need to get the obd2b to obd1 jumper harness,

P-ridge28

who sells a good one for a decent price?

P-ridge28

as far as i know he didnt and yeah thats electrical tape

NVturbo

Are you kiddin' me?! Tell that idiot he should stop touching cars...period and RIDE THE DAMN city bus!!! What a RETARD!! This isn't "This Old House". Gawd DAYEMM!!!

P-ridge28

yeah i can t even hook a obd2 scanner up to it

98civdx

It's becuase you aren't runing a OBD2 ecu!


He touched something on the OEM harness, there is no reason to have eltrical tape on it.

Axatax

Before you jump on the previous owner, he is only guilty of bad taste in conversion harnesses.

I have seen the same/similar harness on the market, and yes, it's covered in silicone just the one in the OP - probably to mask a poor hand soldering job.

cvcrcr99

ebay has cheap harnesses, but I have gone through 2 of them in the past. It is frustrating to try and diagnose an issue, only to find out one of the wires on the conversion harness broke off.

Instead of dealing with these issues as well as other issues I had wiring wise in the engine bay, I went ahead and bought a complete tucked Rywire harness.

If I didn't swap to a complete OBD1 harness, I would have purchased a Rywire conversion harness. I am sure they are better in quality compared to the "eBay" no name ones.

NVturbo

Bad taste? You mean....ghetto rigging method. That's one helluva crap job. Silicone DOES NOT go on wires or wire harnesses. And why would you need to solder a direct conversion plug harness? IDIOTS.

98civdx

You seem to have missed the electrial tape on the cars harness. It's not there becuase it's looks good.

P-ridge28

well got the p28 installed runs alot better now having to use the hackjob harness until i get the new one. quick question how many times does a manual transmission normally crank b4 it turnsover

grumblemarc

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As many times as it needs to . There is no book answer. Now if it doesn't start or has a labored start then you need to worry.

94EG8

It could be worse, he could have cut and splice the OBD1 plugs right onto the OBD2 engine harness. I've see a couple of those homemade conversion harnesses now, the female plug is taken from a canalized ECU. The other one I saw was actually very well done.

P-ridge28

well when it was below freezing in the mornings it was starting then dying for about 5-10 mins where i would get going then it just die b4 it warmed up in the cabin but i replaced the main realy never had tat problem since.
but ever since i got this car it takes a good 4+ secs to turnover

Texas4door

HOLY "YOU-KNOW-WHAT-RIG", BATMAN!!! O_O
Good luck, dude
(I'd personally hunt down the turd that did this crap and make HIM fix this ****)

NVturbo

I guess this has nothing to do with the shitty looking ECU harness....right?! Remove that crap ASAP and get the correct one. I would send that **** back to the retard that did that plug. Tell him he's a DUMBASS.