I took out the motor&tranny and changed the clutch. Put the motor back together and dropped it back in. Now the car wont start. The engine wont even turn over. There is a wire missing from the starter that I believe is supposed to go to the battery's + or - terminals. There is also a screw missing on top of the tranny where the tranny oil is refilled thru. Or can it be that the clutch pedal isn't engaging ?

Can i get some help PLEASE

I used the search tool but nothing pops up matching my keywords.

 

can i get any links ?

 

There is only a little rubber cap on some trannys for the refil tube.

You need to hook up a positive from the battery to the starter, this is how the starter gets power to it. The little wire going to the solenoid gives the starter power when you turn the key.

 

i'll just find a screw for the tranny refill hole

so the solenoid is the other small part mounted on the starter right ?

thanks for tha help

 

Tranny should be filled using the bolt beside the passenger side axel.
Are you thinking of the tranny breather?

 

yeah i know its supposed to be filled thru the side bolt

i'm assuming it is the tranny breather
i'll just find a screw that fits in there

but my motor still dosent turn over !
even after i connected the cable from the starter to the positive
and the cable from the starter to the solenoid
what else can it be ?

 

Is the little black with white stripe wire hooked up to the starter solenoid? This is what allows power to crank over the starter. You can have someone try and crank it over and make sure you are getting 12v to the solenoid.


Have you tried to jump the starter to make sure that the starter is good? You can take it off and take it to autozone or Advance Auto and they will check it. You can also hook up a power wire to the solenoid.

 

check y0ur grounds aswell

 

i checked my ground&it wasn't legit so i sanded part of the chassis&screwed it here..should work right ?:


and here's how everything is wired to my starter:






Oh and here's a picture of the hole in the tranny i was talking about(top left)..and how bout those cut wires ?:

 

bump for some help
&a fellow EF owner

 

well there is more then one ground on the harness one on the vcover one oviously for the neg bat terminal and there should be one near the intake manifold on the left side ill see if i can get you some pics

 

The ground you sanded down the car for needs to go on the transmission to underneath where the stock battery box is located. You should have a ground from the VC to one of the bolts above the headlights and the 3rd ground is on the thermostat housing which is your main ground for your ECU.

On the transmission picture the yellow wire with the black rubber female end on it and there will be one with a male these are your reverse lights. The white wire with the white plug in the bottom of the picture is your o2 sensor plug.

Have you checked to see if the starter itself was good yet?

 

So i got a new starter. Connected it, but the car still wont start. I also grounded the cable on the valve cover, and the negative cable from the tranny to battery. What else can it be ?..

 

I don't see the starter solenoid wire in any of those pictures. The starter won't start without that.

Like deph said, you should be looking for a single wire that is black with a white stripe. It will just have a female spade connector at the end.

 

My new starter is legit
got it for 80
&the solenoid IS hooked up to the starter

could it be my clutch not engaging since manual cars can't be started without putting the clutch in ? Is there a way to disconnect that ?

Or could it be my main/starter relay ?

 

im going with terror storm... on your starter as a unit you should have 2 bolts that hold the starter into the bell houseing. and on the electrical side you should have the positive battery cable that runs directly 2 it. and you should also have an additional wire that comes out of the harness. its a single wire black/white with a female connector that also connects on the starter unit that would be your signal wire. make sure that is hooked up. judging from the pix it isnt hooked up. keep us updated

 

Thanks

the signal wire from the harness IS connected to the starter&the cable from the starter to the + terminal on the battery IS connected.

I've been searching and the only other problem that I might have is my main/starter relay if I'm correct

 

your trans must be grounded or the starter isnt gonna work. thats why the negative battery wire bolts to it with the 10mm bolt. soo the ground wire should go to the battery, attatch to the frame...then the trans. try that

 

this is the ground on my b16

 

pull a volt meter out and meaure the voltage at the starter signal wire. do you have 12v during cranking?

 

I bolted down the negative cable onto the tranny with a 10mm bolt, then I bolted it down again onto the frame right under the battery holder, and finally connected to the - terminal on the battery. So it's atteched at those 3 points. I will buy a voltmeter today and I'll let you know if it has 12 volts while cranking.

Thanks once again HT

 

I bought myself a voltmeter today. I took off the fuse cover&the small tray
I checked the main relay and only 3 of the cables had voltage. Then I checked the signal wire while cranking the ignition and it did have voltage. I also checked the starter for power and it had a very small amount of voltage, hardly anything. I split the main relay and opened it but the solder points look good. What can my problem be ?

 

can I PLEASE get some mf help !!!!!!

 

ok so we know its grounded..now thats hooked up try jumping the positive terminal on the starter (terminal with big nut) with the spade wire connector. it should spin if you have power

 

okay so if you dont have any power at the starter signal wire during cranking then our problem is there. you should have battery voltage at the starter signal wire during cranking. trace that back. it should go to your clutch switch if its a manual trans. and to your prndl switch if its an auto. measure voltage output and input at that unit whether its clutch switch or prndl