My 97 civic EX won't crank it been stolen and joyridden in, they stole the battery and intake but after I put the battery back in it wouldn't start I have pictures and videos please help I don't want to sell it and an also don't want to crush it.

 

Those wires are not stock.

 

really?

 

this is a shot of my engine bay before I put my battery on and I also don't have my intake on, tell me what I should do or what should I replace

 

Have you traced those wires out to see where they go?

 

Sorry just watched the video my bad those wires are to the starter bro. That's way you have no start were are the wires on the main harness that goes to starter.

 

Also that first wire you grabbed is the key switch wire to tell starter to turn over.

 

This has all been covered before. Bump up your old thread rather than start a new thread about the same problem.

When your hand is on the freakin' starter and you call it "that thing down there", it shows you really don't know enough about cars to hope to solve this.

Your old thread was at least mildly entertaining in the constantly changing backstory of the car.

 

woa woa woa wooooaaa wait a minute when did i change the backstory. and just beacuse dont know muc about hondas or wiring some random weirdo/previous owner installed ,doent mean i dont know much about cars

1st post
hello im George and i recently bought an EK now i need help solving its problems
the car has been vandalized and my intake has come up missing along with other parts in the car now theres is an empty space on the left side of the d16y8 motor and i need help figuring out what goes there thanks

2nd post
hello im George and i recently bought an EK now i need help solving its problems
the car has been vandalized and my intake has come up missing along with other parts in the car now theres is an empty space on the left side of the d16y8 motor and i need help figuring out what goes therei put a battery but it wont start now it wont even crank any suggestions like a sensor that may need to be plugged in for it to start?
i dont know where much of anything is on this engine . again im new

how did i change the backstory...how?

go back to toyota forums with that crap bud

 

so my wiring harness is toast ?? or is it just the starter wires...and also those blue wires sticking straight up what do those go to give they are not on any other EX ive seen


and also what does that first wire i grabbed plug into

 

That idk. Sorry on first wire, can you try to trace them out to see if they go anywhere or back into harness.

 

Can't you post some pics. The video is ok but it's way to fast/short

 

I don't think harness is toast we just need to find out what you are missing anything can be spliced back together

 

Can you do one thing for me, just to see if the starter will turn over get a wire ( bigger than speaker wire) take that wire touch the single connector on your starter an touch pos side of battery, yes it will spark an maybe scare the **** out of you but just seeing if starter is still good. Then we can go from there. Also if you would like to text me I can give u my # instead of back an forth here.

 

ok I traced it and it connects to the starter but that's weird because there shouldn't be that many wires coming from one starter connection and there are no wires or sockets they can connect to.

 

the wires are circled
the ring wires and the blue wires come from the starter, the black wire used to have a ring but it broke a while ago, it comes from that black box on the firewall

 

Those blue wires seem to be part of some previous owner's third party anti-theft system, which is never going to work again since you don't know what it was and don't have all the pieces.

So remove it.

Find the factory wire in the starter area that is black with a white stripe. It is probably spliced to one of the blue wires now. Disconnect that and instead connect it directly to the small terminal on the starter. Cut all of those extra blue wires out and remove them from the car.

 

I agree.

 

thanks, i'll try it when I get a chance I may take pictures or even a video to keep y'all informed