Hey everybody, i hope some one can help me out. Here is the situation, bought two EK hatchies, The first one is a '96 Cx and the interior is almost completly burnt out of it, and it has An LS/Vtec engine in it that had been converted to obd1, and i drove it home without a flaw, ran perfect, vtec engaged, pulled hard. And the other Civic was a '98 Dx that had been in a light front end collision, air bags were deployed and it didnt come with an engine, but the car was RUST-FREE, interior was in good shape, so the plan was to put the LS/Vtec into the '98.

So i went and started up the swap. First I removed the complete engine and tranny from the '96, harness and all. Then i proceeded to put the engine and tranny into the '98 plugging everything in. So i hopped into the driver seat and tried to fire it, nothing. Troubleshot it, to find fuel, computer power, relay clicking, and no spark. So I checked all the fuses under-dash and engine bay to find all of them good. So then im thinking distributor, so i pulled it and tried it on a freinds Gs-R, and to my avail, it fired his car. so now im puzzled.

ECU: reprogrammed P28, w/chrome LS/Vtec program.
Distributor: TD81u


PLEASE HELP! ANY INPUT IS APPRECIATED!

 

hmm... i know it sounds dumb, but u did check your plugs and wires right

 

thats not dumb, and ya i did. they work fine.

 

So the fuel pump primes, right?

Does the Blk/Yel wire attached to the coil and ICM in the dizzy have battery voltage with the key in ON(II)?

Any CEL codes show up after cranking the engine for 30 seconds?

 

the fuel pump primes, yes
ill have to test that wire, i can just use a test light right, and i dont have to be rolling it over to check that wire do I?
and if it doesn't have power whats next?

 

any other ideas?