spoonfedls

ok, i need some help gettin my cousin's car to turn over..... first of all he has a 95 civic coupe and we are swapping in a b18a motor in his car.... dont ask me why, he just got it for a cheap price... anyways, we put the obd1 ecu, throttle body, intake manifold, and distributor on the motor and the hydro y80 ls tranny...and we also put a 93 civic dx manual engine wire harness on.... clutch and everything with cylinder and lines hooked up but when we tried to start the car, it wont even turn over!!! we dont know what we left out so i would really appreciate any help especially from people that has done an auto to manual conversion..

Redline130

Double check all your wiring connections and especially your grounds. Make sure the battery is charged and the terminals are clean. Does the starter even try to turn? Or not? Also, you mention an auto to manual conversion. Did everything associated with that get installed correctly. The clutch switch thing that allows you to start the car?(can't think of the name right now )?

spoonfedls

what clutch switch are you talking about? where is it located and can it prevent from the car turning over?

Redline130

It should be located at the top of the clutch pedal. It's like an activation switch that allows you to start the car. That's why when you press the clutch pedal in you can start the car and when you don't, you can't start it. It's called the clutch interlock switch or the clutch pedal switch.

turbo_ef9

hehe.. one small problem it could be.. are all your grounds hooked up? the one by the thermo.. and the one on the tranny?? check those too..

spoonfedls

well both grounds are on.... i think i plugged in the clutch interlock switch... but is there supposed to be like a button or switch to activate it or does it do it automatically....... there is also like a sensor on the bottom of the plate on the clutch pedal... what is that for?

spoonfedls

anyone else have ideas?

ef ect

did you wire the auto slector switch to make the car think it is in park or netural. If not it will not let you start the car.

spoonfedls

is there any way i can bypass the clutch interlock switch... if so how do you do it?... what color wires are involved?

VTECVillain

Ok so you changed from an auto to a manual? There will be no clutch interlock switch since that's only imbedded in the harness from the ignition switch to the ECU of manual car. Since your car was an auto you have the shift interlock wiring. This needs to be wired so that the car "thinks" it's in park. Even though the car is a manual now, the wiring to the igntion switch is still auto. You will also need to tap into the reverse wiring and run it out to the plugs on the tranny so you have working reverse lights.
Some people say to short it out or whatever, but the best thing to do is locate the wire for park and the wire on the other side of the selector switch that makes the connection when it's in park. Just wire those 2 permanently together and you're done. You can also keep the selector switch and tuck it under your console and move it out of park when the car is off for a starter kill


[Modified by VTECVillain, 8:11 PM 3/3/2003]

spoonfedls

now how do you do that? if you can give me some pointers, i would very much appreciate it.

VTECVillain

You tell me what car, year, and model and I tell you what wires. If I have the Helms that covers it that is

spoonfedls

the car is a 1995 civic dx coupe..

VTECVillain

Connect the GRN/WHT wire on one side of the shift selector to the BLK wire on the other side. I would run a jumper wire from one wire to the other and try starting the car before making the connection permanent. That way you can make sure it works before cutting the wires.
I did the auto to manual wiring in a 91 CRX but the color coding was different. Going by my Helms book this should be the correct way, but I would test it with a jumper wire just to save time. If it's not, then let me know and I'll go over it again. If you need help with the reverse light wiring let me know.

spoonfedls

thanks a whole lot man, im gonna try it today... ill let you know whats ... again thanks