I was finishing up on a B16 swap this morning and went to fire it up...and of course as always nothing happens...go back check all the grounds and wiring...everything is good....when you turn the key to start it you hear the main relay click...so could it be a bad main relay or what?...any help is appreciated..Thanks


Modified by DSM2GNT95 at 4:16 PM 3/19/2005

 

any codes? you have the tranny ground, valve cover ground, battery ground, and thermostat ground checked right? I alwasy forget about the tranny ground. Is the starter getting power?

 

OK...I may feel retarded saying this but it's been a long week and I'm drawing a blank...where is the tranny ground and where does it go??..wow it's an off kinda day

 

Ok went over all the grounds and everything is good and tight still nothing...what could it be?...Please help..this is for a friend and he needs his car tonight!

 

OK...got the starter problem solved...I have fuel but am not getting and spark...went over all the grounds even put an extra in most places...DAMN THIS CAR!

 

check your coil?
igniter?

 

what he ^^^^^said mine did the same thing it was a bad coil.

 

Looks like another trip to Idiot Zone....which one do I get it for?...and how much do they usually run....Thanks for the help guys

 

Coil can be from any 88-91 Civic/CRX or 90-91 Integra. Not to sure how much they are a parts store. I think brand new from Honda is like $80 or so?

Edit: $67 from Majestic Honda: http://www.hondaautomotivepart...BUTOR #15

 

before you go out and blow 80 dollars on a peice that probably wont work, have you tried chaning the spark plugs or using a different set of plug wires? Still said nothing about the codes that you might have. Also what are the chances of receiving a jdm motor with a bad coil/ignitor? I thought most places insured the motor to start up at least. Where did you get it? Which ecu are you using? Any conversion harnesses? Have you checked over your wiring more than 1 time? Looked at any of the main fuses?

 

Well I'm getting a whole distrubitor for free...so i will try the coil first and then go on to other things....as for the codes there are none...as the fuses were checked as for the wiring...I went over the wiring at least 50 times...cuz that is what always seems to be the problem...the ecu is a pr3...there is no conversion harness...just using the Si harness with all the plugs added from the B16 harness...If the coil doesn't work we will go from there...Thanks

 

take the spark plugs off and put it on your valve cover and check if you get spark. also check the gapping on the spark plugs. i had the same problem until i crossed my firing orders up and VROOOOOM. really rough though. turned the car off and switched to normal firing order and it worked dunno why but thats what started my car.

 

this swap wasnt done on a yellow car by any chance? Damn the curse on the yellow EFs

 

lol no....This car is like a graphite color..I did a swap on a Y49 once and I refuse to do it again