97 civic ex, p75 manual ecu
Hey,

yeah so i thought my problem was the vss because a couple weeks ago i had the same problem, unplugged it and voila! started right up.... anyway a week later i turned it off at a gas station and it wouldnt start.

so now im back to the same issues, very dimm CEL light and oil pressure light mostly.... Also my SRS light is on however that may be an unrelated issue because i have a wire under dash that is coded blue/red stripe and in a haynes manual i have, supposedly that can be an SRS lead.

occasionally when i fiddle about with the wires under the dash with the key in the *on* position i see the lights flare back up to normal but it only lasts for 10ths of a second.

Ive gotten it to the point twice where when i put it into the start position i heard the starter solenoid engage but not long enough or powerful enough to start, not even effort from the starter just the solenoid "click- clack" in the engine compartment(no it wasnt a relay theres a distinct difference in the sound and volume)

Ive pulled apart my entire dash looking for the problem. My battery ive been keeping charged courtesy of jumpers which is at 13.84 volts. So i know its not the battery. I can hear the fuel pump engage most times but sometimes the fuel relay just buzzers about.

***Its NOT the 10mm ground connection on the back of the motor.***

I not only checked that but I opened up the harness a bit and soldered new wires from the harness to the ground connector which i also resurfaced again for the hell of it, re-taped each wire individually and then also together, finally bolting it back down to the block.

Ive checked the tranny ground, valve cover ground and the ground wire going to the frame, all look sound and should be fine as its only been a few months since i resurfaced the contacts of all the grounds during a motor swap, after which it had been running fine.

any ideas guys??