hello,
i have looked through countless threads, but i could not find an answer. when i try to start my car, 1998 civic with a lsvtec, it will not crank over. the battery light stays on all the time when it is in ignition 2. i have ran a obd2 scanner and it just says failed. i am running and 2000si engine harness with a p2t ecu. i have also had the battery starter and alternator tested and they all came up great.
thanks a lot
bill!

 

Maybe you could replace the battery?

 

i have had the battery tested, and used my battery from my other car
but thanks for the input
bill

 

Wow, I wish I could help more people on here but I just don't really know anything about swaps, and that seems to be what everyone does. Honda put a great engine in my car for me!

 

how are you using a 99-00 harness on a 96-98? did you change the dash harness?

 

yeah i bought the car from a insurance company as a theft recovery, and i had to get a new car wiring harness...

 

a good night bump!

 

damn .... i cant help you either ... but if u cant find answer bring it to a shop let them find the problem and take it home and fix it . always work for me and dont spend to much money .

 

thanks for the input, but i have never taken a car to any shop. if a shop can figure it out, i can too.

 

bump?

 

If the OBD scanner comes back with a "failed" result, that suggests you wired something up incorrectly. It only takes one misplaced wire to screw up a lot of things.

If you're confident in your wiring abilities, it might be a problem with the gauge cluster, but with the scanner issue I wouldn't bet on it.

 

it was working... it was reading a po113... now after i fixed that it just says failed.
thanks

 

good afternoon bump!

 

when does yr car not crank over got to do with yr charging light? it will be on anyway when yr engine is not running.

 

oh wow i need to be more observative... thanks for the input. now i just need to find out why my car isnt cranking over

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wbaldwin_86 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hello,
i have looked through countless threads, but i could not find an answer. when i try to start my car, 1998 civic with a lsvtec, it will not crank over. the battery light stays on all the time when it is in ignition 2. i have ran a obd2 scanner and it just says failed. i am running and 2000si engine harness with a p2t ecu. i have also had the battery starter and alternator tested and they all came up great.
thanks a lot
bill!</TD></TR></TABLE>


what do you meen it will not crank over? does it spin and just not start or does it just click and nothing happens at all? also be a little more specific as to what you have done to the car so far