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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 04:13 AM
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yesterday i installed a obd0 to obd1 conversion harnesss. i drove it last night and when i turned on my high beams the radio woud cut off really quick and than it would turn back on so i figured it would be a bad ground somewhere not thinking anythiung of it .. now i go to start it this morning and all i get is a couple of quick clicks and nothing... the battery is fully charged and the wire form the battery to the starter and fuse box are ok.. (i moved the battery to the trunk of the car and i also have a wire tuck)

im still obd0 when i installed the conversion harness all i did unplug the knowck sensor and hook it up to the wireing harness thats not pluged in and added teh wires for the vtec solinoid and vtec pressure switch so when i get my o2 sensor dizzy and ecu all i have to do is plug them in really quick and wire up the o2 sensor and i can be on my way but i dont think the knock sensor would cause this do you?

p.s. car worked fine before i ran wire for the knock sensor vtec solinoid and pressure switch but all i didi was run the wires and not hook them up to anythink

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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 04:55 AM
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ok now when i go to start my car and i turn the ignition off.. you know how the ignition beeps untill you take the key out?... mine doesitn beep but if i leave the key in for a min it beeps very faintly, and it will slowly get louder and beep faster like its warming up or charging... does this sound like a main relay or a starter issue?
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 05:00 AM
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did you check the ignition wiring even though i doubt its that since it ran fine before. mine took a crap a while back and the radio would cut off randomly.
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 05:07 AM
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no i didint check the ignitino yet but im getting plenty of power to the engine compartment fuse box (witch is now under my dashboard) and to teh starter and the starter is grounded... i was thinking of checking the iginon switch last night when i turned on my high beams and the car kinda sputtered and the radio cut off and cut back on...

now when i go to turn the radio on it cuts on and off every one or 2 seconds but the lights are very dim adn my sirius reciever wont turn on at all... so now its like im not getting power in teh car but i got it at the fuse box
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 07:44 AM
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let this be a lesson to everyone else to always check the minor **** firts...

i spent like 2 hours this morning checking wireing grounds the ignition switch the main relay going over my wire tuck checking all the soders and connections i made...

it wound up being a melted cell in the battery
at least the alternator is charging and dont gota go buy one of them.
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 10:01 AM
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well at least you got it fixed. isnt that how it always goes though
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