Hi .I bought a 1995 Honda Del sol without a engine and the wire harness that hooks to the engine. So my plan was to buy a engine and rebuild it and also buy a wire harness to in stall under the hood.The motor I bought was a 1999 Honda Civic 1.6 vtec. Now the problem I came in to was trying to find a wire hardness for the car .So what I did was went to the junk yard to find one lol that never happen. But the junk yard said a Honda Civic around the same year of my car would work OK did that now the problem is the wire harness does not have a plug for the Crankshaft senor to plug in lol''' So my question is how can I bypass the ECU or how to make this work? Or any Ideas will work thank you so much

 

you have an ODB1 car and an ODB2 engine.

You'll have to get the ODB2 harness all the way from engine to the PCM which will also have to be an ODB2.

Or, sell/trade that engine for the D16z6 engine that belongs in that car. (or the B if its a Vtec model)

Good luck!

 

That's not even remotely his only option, Jarvis, nor is it his best option.

OP, you can get a harness out of any 92-95 Civic or Del Sol (same part number between the two chassis). Preferably one out of an EX or SI with a standard transmission. You'll need to use a chipped ECU, but beyond that, what you want to do isn't exactly hard.

 

a d series harness could would work with some modification. As for the ecu, as NARC stated, a chipped ecu (obd1) will allow you to run your car without the crank sensor input.

 

At this point the crank sensor is not an issue at all, consider it decoration.
your options:
*Obd1 vtec harness 92-95
*distributor jumper harness from OBD1-OBD2
*P30 ECU, or a chipped p28 because the P30 will require a knock sensor input.
*you will need to hard wire your intake temperature sensor to the OBD1 harness
*your purge solenoid also has a different style connector.
*your alternator has a different connector.
*all this is easy to achieve.

 

Thanks guys the harness I got from the junk yard came from a 93 Honda civic Auto 1.6 which didn't have a crank senor so it must be in the Distributor.Could I use the same distributor? The wire harness plug into the car just fine and the other plugs fit just fine.

 

If you use the 99 you'll need an adapter harness or find a 92-95 non VTEC distributor. BTW all crank position sensors are in the distributor on 88-00 Honda Civics only the crank fluctuation sensor is at the crank on 96-00 Civics, which isn't the same as crank postion.

 

May sound dum But what is the different between a v tech and non v tech Distributor? The head is a v tech .

 

A non Vtec distributor WILL NOT fit a B16 head. they have different mounting points.

As I've stated in my response up top your best bet is to get a distributor conversion harness.
I used to go as far as to transfer the internals from D series distributor into the housing of my B series Vtec distributor.

 

Where can I get a conversion harness at? How would I know if it is the right one?

 

OBD1 to OBD2 Distributor Jumper Harness - WIREWORX

http://www.rywire.com/rywire-distrib...ers-s/1877.htm

 

I have a v teck distributor

 

Thanks man This stuff is not my thing lol I'm more a Gm guy I'm lost on this stuff lol

 

you know this is a first right? Usually we don't give all the answers because they are easily searchable.

 

I was assuming it was a SOHC 1.6 VTEC which he didn't specify. In which case a d series distributor will fit. OP please specify if it's a DOHC VTEC or SOHC VTEC.

 

OP, which engine do you have? The engine code is stamped into the front of the block as shown below:




Did the new engine come complete with the distributor, fuel rail, injectors, etc?