Used a manual ecu that was tested. Disabled the automatic neutral lockout so the car woudl start, ran new wires for the reverse switch...
Doesn't seem to matter now though. The check engine light has stopped coming on. I think the ECU may have just had some learning to do the first few cycles the car ran.
NOW I"m worried that the trans might be bad (this will be the second bad trans if it is). It seems to work properly, but first gear makes quite a bit of noise in my opinion. Second gear makes less noise but is still audible. Third on up are perfectly quiet. It doesn't sound like the typical gear whine like you normally hear from reverse. This is more like white noise or static. I'm desperately hoping the front bearing isn't bad. That's what was wrong with my last trans....