got the car running again yest, and now its dead. car ran fine all day yest. went everyhwere. anyways, this morn, went to start her up and it wouldnt turn over. saw some smoke comin form under the hood. the ground wire from the mount to the valve cover was smoking. no clue why. didnt mess with any of the wiring when we put the tranny back on. now the car wont even crank. any ideas??? dash lights up, but the check engine light and the oil light in the cluster are dim. dont know whats up with that. looked like smoke was comin form under the valve cover, but not sure. smoke definitely comin form the ground wire though

 

ttt

 

Maybe the starter's toast? That's f-ing weird. Wish I could be more of a help

 

Man. This is odd. Did you replace any fuses recently?

 

checked the fuses. just had to replace the clutch relay fuse, under the driver side dash. still no crank now. i hope its not the starter

 

It sounds as if the ground wire to the transmission was not installed.

 

interseting. buddy had the saem suggestion. i looked, and didnt see the wire form the ground to tranny. but why would the car start up and run for a day without any problems??

 

bump

 

Exactly.
All the amperage for your ignition is being grounded by the tiny engine ground wire. It can probably support all that electrical flow for a while, but it is not a heavy enough gauge for that kind of current.

 

hmm. intersting. ill check that out today and let you guys know what happens. thanks for the ideas

 

it was the tranny ground wire. GAY. lol thanks for the suggestions.

 

Good call MikeSupino with 1 post
I woulda guessed it too.
Welcome to the board by the way.

 

now the clutch master cylinder is out. freakin 118.00 from honda. what BS. i hate honda dealers

 

Hehehe, it was $60 my cost....I love working for honda.

 

You have an ACT extreme pressure plate, right?

 

i have an ACT XTSS setup.

 

I had an ACT extreme PP. So did Todd. So did John. And you and Scrubachu probably too. All our clutch M/Cs went out. That's why I keep telling people to not the the extreme PP! I wouldn't get it unless I was putting down like more than 300 to the wheels.

 

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com has it for $84

 

Yeah, I still have it though... it's definitely stiff...

 

Plus it is pure hell on your axles. I think an hdss would be better.

 

well, my CMC has 200k miles on it. i would expect it to be goin out anytime soon anyways

 

Back from the dead. I had the exact problem thats been going on and off for 7 months going 8 now. Just fixed it 1 hr ago in the dark. Thank you to the OP and MikeSupino for making and guiding this thread.

I am not giving up on my Honda yet.