ok heres whats going on. Reverse was bad so when i coverted my other accord from auto to manual i had the tranny to swap out with this accord with a bad reverse... everything goes good slap it back together go to crank it and the solenoids on the tranny click when i go to start it and then thats it... starter doesnt engage. Now i checked my ground and all are good everything is pluged in i have swapped motors and trannies in over 10 hondas so its not something new to me. I made sure the starter worked by running a wire from the battery to the starter and it turned over no problem. also checked spark at the same time and have none. I know its something to do with electrical but i need some suggestions on what to check. I know its in park neutral safety switch works. Its late but i dont think the fuel pump even primes. Now before the swap everything worked fine besied the reverse and now the solenoids on the tranny click when i turn the key to the start position and thats all it does..

Thanks for any and all help...

 

Ground on the thermostat housing?

 

if you pull off the neg. cable on the battery will the solenoids click again? if so you have something reversed..

 

didnt undo the ground on the thermostat only undid the connectors on the tranny and main harness on car... will have to try the battery cable tomorrow but i did nothing different its a plug in play swap only changed the tranny nothing else.

 

anybody else