JasonST

So I'm trying to finish up my h22 swap into my teg, very close, and I was playing aroun with the wiring cause there was a few things I had to change, so I plug the the ecu in, go to start the car up, everything seams fine, until I try to turn the ignition and I see a big spark somewhere inside the car and the lights go dark and nothing happens, can't get any power. I check all the fuses and they all seem fine so I reconnect the battery and car seams to be fine again, but I didn't try starting it in fear that I might damage something. My question is, is there anything in the wiring that I couldnt screwed up to make it do this? Or anything else in general why it would do this, confused because it works fine till i try to start it then everything just went dead, then all the lights and everything come back on 5 minutes later. Any help is appreciated!

JasonST

Bump! Please somone help. I tried to start it this morning and same thing, works fine till I turn the key over and all the lights turn off and everything goes blank, even the battery it seams, but then everything works fine in bout 15 sec until i try to turn the ignition on again. The only fishy thing I can find is that the cable from the battery to the starter itself doesn't seam to be grounded, I checked it and its not grounded, is it suppose to be like this or not? Any help would be nice!

JasonST

Cmon ppl. What would cause lights to go out and no power when u try to turn the key over, everything works fine till then. It's like everything loses power when I try to start the car. Please help.

JasonST

Well I finally got it to work but I dont know how, I fiddled with a few things, and now it works, I think my battery terminal on the positive side is kinda corroded.

postman

if battery cables werent tightened down they could arc, and car wont start. but usually dont mess anything up