Ok, the engine is in, everything is hooked up, and all the wires are where they are supposed to be, but the car wont start, not only that, as soon as I plug in my battery terminal 3 red lights go off on the cluster, one for seatbelt, one for battery and one for SRS(airbag) they stay on despite if the keys are in the ignition or not, I have no clue what is wrong, i've tried everything pretty much and same results.

Anyone who went through this, please help.

 

Sounds like to swapped it wrong

 

bump for some advice...car needs to be running

 

What do you mean the car wont start? Does it atleast turn over?

 

you might have gotten the 2 wires that go into the engine bay fuse box switched....check those....

 

It dosnt even turn over

 

Sounds either like a wiring problem or do you know for sure if that starter works?

 

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Starter worked before the motor was pulled from the teg

 

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DID YOU READ.....


switch those 2 wires in the engine fuse box!!! DUH

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by chad &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">DID YOU READ.....


switch those 2 wires in the engine fuse box!!! DUH</TD></TR></TABLE>


What wires are you talking about? I dont remember doing this when I did my b18a swap.

 

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What wires are you talking about? I dont remember doing this when I did my b18a swap.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you had to do it to do the engine swap!!!

 

Uh, I did my swap myself and I never did this? Could you maybe describe it better, cause if this is something I was supposed to do then I wana fix it.

 

Switching the wires didint help at all, still the same results, its wierd.

 

are all the grounds hooked up ?

 

Yes, even if they werent, the ignition lights would not be on without the keys in the ignition and turned, but they do as soon as I hook up the battery, its wierd, its like the car is trying to tell me something but I cant find any info on what it is.

 

Oh I understand what ur saying now.... it has to be some sort of wiring problem or short... just doesnt make sense

 

its either a short or a wiring mistake.

 

Here's an update:


Reason the car wasn't starting yesterday was due to lack of grounds so today when I went to Xgen's place the car would crank.

we made sure everything was hooked up and kept trying to crank it and crank it giving it some gas and eventually it started up. It ran rough so we played around with the spark plug wires and the motor ran perfectly.

After a few min we gave it some gas and the motor died...and wouldn't turn back on.

We checked the connections over and everything seems fine. The car doesn't seem to be giving off a spark and now it just keeps turning over.


Any ideas?

 

 

RULES FOR YOUR SWAP
1. Dont do backyard swaps if you dont have backyard mechanics to work on them.
2. Always make sure you know what the hell you are doing.
3. Always make sure you have the proper tools and parts.
4. Do your research! Think it over for a while before you do it.
5. Why the hell you putting that old *** motor in your car Son?