Well first of all, thanks for taking the time to read this. I have a <U>89 CRX</U>, but we found another wrecked CRX that was hit in the side and back. It had a <U>b18b jdm engine </U>in it, so the temptation of seeing such a good engine there without having a function led me to think about swaping the b18b in my CRX. My dad owns a auto body shop, and my uncle, who works there, said he would help me. Unfortunately, in my dad's shop, they work on almost no import.<U> My uncle took out the old engine and put the b18b in my CRX</U>, but <U>we havent been able to start it </U>yet. I really dont know what to do. <U>I replaced the original computer for the one the other CRX had, and my uncle changed some wires</U>.

What are the normal procedures on this b18b swap?
Do i have to replace the whole harness, i still have in the other CRX?
Do i have to modify something in order to start it?

Please, if anybody knows about this subject, i will utterly appreciate your help.
By the way, im located in Dallas Tx, if anyone lives nearby and knows something about this kind of swap, we can get to an agreement of some sort. As i said before, my dad owns an auto body shop and has lots of parts we may trade for labor or performance parts for the b18b. Im planning to put a turbo on it.

 

ok.. well when you turn the key, does the motor crank?

after trying to start it pull a plug and see if it's wet. If not that means you are getting no fuel. if yes then fuel is ok.

what year/model is your car?
what year/model is the donor car?

 

Donor car:
90 CRX si b18b

My car:
89 CRX d16a6

 

Negative, it does not crank.

 

Check all your grounds. There is a ground that bolts to the thermostat that is often overlooked in swaps...

 

or the tranny ground..

Does the fuel pump prime? Do it make ANY noises?

 

did you swap everything over? the ecu and everything? and did the motor run in the other car? do all the electrical things work in the car?

 

Thank you all. I was missing the ground that goes to the thermostat.

 

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It'll try and get you EVERY time