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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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Default Civic swap not cranking or clicking

I have a '97 Civic w/ a b18c1 swap and I had to reset my SRS light and to wire some stuff into my ECU today. I finished and now my car doesn't start.

The symptoms:
----doesn't crank and doesn't do the continuous clicking over and over, all that happens is a single click under the dash and power simultaneously goes out in my climate control ( goes out like flicking a switch off, not a slow dim ).

Items to rule out:
----Battery. My car plays my stereo perfectly, it just doesn't start.
----ECU. Even with the ECU unplugged, my car doesn't crank like it should

Possible causes of my problem:
----I could have crossed ECU pin# 10 and 11.
----I could have unplugged some crap under the dash, seriously, my dash is a ******* nightmare and I had to move a lot of crap around JUST to get to the SRS plug.
----anything else YOU can think of......maybe I shorted my starter solenoid or relay or some ****.

Help please, I gotta get to work at 2pm and I damn sure don't want to ride my bike.
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 01:47 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FuNkDrSpOt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a '97 Civic w/ a b18c1 swap and I had to reset my SRS light and to wire some stuff into my ECU today. I finished and now my car doesn't start.

The symptoms:
----doesn't crank and doesn't do the continuous clicking over and over, all that happens is a single click under the dash and power simultaneously goes out in my climate control ( goes out like flicking a switch off, not a slow dim ).

Items to rule out:
----Battery. My car plays my stereo perfectly, it just doesn't start.
----ECU. Even with the ECU unplugged, my car doesn't crank like it should

Possible causes of my problem:
----I could have crossed ECU pin# 10 and 11.
----I could have unplugged some crap under the dash, seriously, my dash is a ******* nightmare and I had to move a lot of crap around JUST to get to the SRS plug.
----anything else YOU can think of......maybe I shorted my starter solenoid or relay or some ****.

Help please, I gotta get to work at 2pm and I damn sure don't want to ride my bike.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 03:07 AM
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going to bed, if you read this after this point, please bump it for an answer, even if you may not have one yourself. Thank you.
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 03:43 AM
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Make sure ALL of your ground are hooked up. If they are not all snug the car wont crank. I didnt have my vavle cover ground hooked up and it wouldnt crank.
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 05:01 PM
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Default Re: Civic swap not cranking or clicking (BlakeJ53)

I figured it out. One of the relays under the dash was knocked out of socket. I'm quite surprised that no one has used this relay as a kill switch.....something to think about.
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