Alright first off, a little history; I bought the car in non-running condition for $900. When I met the guy who did the swap, I knew I was in for some fun ahead of me. Let's just say he wasn't the smartest guy I've ever met. Originally, the dizzy wasn't getting spark to the plugs, or so he said.
I took another look under the hood with a friend of mine, and there were wires everywhere, but the o2 and water temp sensors were left unconnected.
We could only get it to turn over if we shorted one of the starter's wires to ground,and sometimes even that wouldn't work.
Turns out he had it wired wrong.
We rewired the starter to its respective positive and command wires (grounds through the block), and we had it turning over every time perfect.
Next, we looked at the distributor that he said wasn't getting spark to the plugs. We tried starting it while we held one of the spark plug boots close to the engine, and there were sparks from all four, so the distributor was fine.
I thought maybe it was being starved of fuel, but the injectors weren't clogged, and there was fuel in the rail when we took it off.
I did a compression test, and got 190 in cylinder 1, 185 in cylinder 2, 175 in cylinder 3 and 172 in cylinder 4.
Now I'm thinking that since it turns over, gets spark and fuel, and holds compression, that it's wired wrong somewhere.
Obviously I had that thought from the beginning, but it helps to narrow it down.
Any thoughts as to why it won't start? Could it be one of the sensors that aren't hooked up? Could it be simply a horrible wiring job?
If it's somewhere in the wiring, should I rip it out and start with a new harness so that I know for sure everything's wired correctly, or should I try to troubleshoot the one that's already in there?
Any help is greatly appreciated:worthyp:
I took another look under the hood with a friend of mine, and there were wires everywhere, but the o2 and water temp sensors were left unconnected.
We could only get it to turn over if we shorted one of the starter's wires to ground,and sometimes even that wouldn't work.
Turns out he had it wired wrong.
We rewired the starter to its respective positive and command wires (grounds through the block), and we had it turning over every time perfect.
Next, we looked at the distributor that he said wasn't getting spark to the plugs. We tried starting it while we held one of the spark plug boots close to the engine, and there were sparks from all four, so the distributor was fine.
I thought maybe it was being starved of fuel, but the injectors weren't clogged, and there was fuel in the rail when we took it off.
I did a compression test, and got 190 in cylinder 1, 185 in cylinder 2, 175 in cylinder 3 and 172 in cylinder 4.
Now I'm thinking that since it turns over, gets spark and fuel, and holds compression, that it's wired wrong somewhere.
Obviously I had that thought from the beginning, but it helps to narrow it down.
Any thoughts as to why it won't start? Could it be one of the sensors that aren't hooked up? Could it be simply a horrible wiring job?
If it's somewhere in the wiring, should I rip it out and start with a new harness so that I know for sure everything's wired correctly, or should I try to troubleshoot the one that's already in there?
Any help is greatly appreciated:worthyp: