I just finished swaping a b18a into a 90 dx that I bought with a blown motor. It had allready been converted to mpfi and was running a si motor.

I can start the car by having the key in the run position and touching a hot wire to the terminal on the starter.

The problem is that the car will not crank or anything when the key is turned to the crank position. All I hear is a click under the dash.

I tested all the fuses and they are good. I put a test light to the wire going to the starter and when I turn the key to the crank postion it dosen't light.

The motor is grounded in 3 places, I have the harness grounded on the thermostat, and the battery is in the trunk grounded to the spare tire thing.

Can someone explain to me how to troubleshoot this?

I don't know if this is related but the clock and radio worked before the swap and now they don't.




Modified by nevin at 3:09 PM 2/3/2005

 

Sounds like the clutch /neutral safety switch is not set up correctly. Was the car an automatic before? And have you checked the connection and adjustment on the clutch switch?

 

I don't belive it was ever an auto.

I ran a +12v wire from the fusebox to a $2 button from walmart to the starter selenoid to start my car now.

Super ghetto but I can drive my car around now untill I figure this out.

 

Nevin you should have made that quackey mexican you bought the REX from fix it before you bought it! I talked to him at AI he told me he sold it to you and he asked me if you had fixed the starter problem yet!

 

sounds like your ignition switch is shot, check and see if they have a fuse for the starter signal also

 

everything on the cluster stopped working yesterday... havent had time to **** with it yet. Turn signals stopped working also. I start the car with a push button lol. I love electrical problems

 

ignition switch