ill start by saying that i have a 98 civic ex with a gsr swap. i just replaced the headgasket, pcv box gasket and other random parts and in doing so i took out the whole harnes to check everything out. i didnt remove anything from the fire wall. well, now that everything is back together i went to hook up the battery to start it. everything seemed fine then i went to start it it just clicked. so i tried again and nothing worked. everything went dead. i checked the battery and the battery terminals started smoking. they were hot!!! it turns out the only other really hot wire was the tranny ground. i took my battery and got it tested and it was fine. it got cold and dark so i couldnt check anything else but does anyone have any ideas? i have a couple. check condition of ground wire and connections. is there anything else i should look for? it might not be the right thing to do but if you hook up the negative of the battery first then try to hook up the positive, the thing sparks like crazy. there should be no drain right? the key is out of the ignition. any ideas?

 

bump, could use some help

 

this may not be your problem but i remember my buddy did the same thing and his problem ended up being the VC ground, which is easily forgotten when its just hanging there when you put things back together hope that helps i know some of the simplest things are forgotten

 

really? thats strange because i have never had a vc ground since the swap! and just now i am getting problems. ill give it a shot! thanks man

 

Didn't read much, but have you grounded the starter?

 

ill check that too

 

Make sure you didnt accidently ground a wire that shouldnt be grounded