First time start up in years

I bought my 91 RT TT in November and it has a newish short block with rebuilt heads and about 1000 miles on it and has sat for ~4 years now. I just finished my build I'm pretty sure everything is wired and routed and plumbed to the best of my ability.

If I try to start it up tomorrow is there anythign I should look for to prevent any sort of damage? It has all fresh fluids and fresh timing components. I just don't want to start it up and then damage something by forgetting to hook something up or something stupid like that.

I know to prime the oil but after that then what?

Make sure the gas is fresh and you should be ok

5 gallons of beautiful 93 octane!

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Originally Posted by Hans@GZP

Make sure the gas is fresh and you should be ok

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Originally Posted by Bleu

5 gallons of beautiful 93 octane!

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Yep this, and the oil prime. I cant think of anything else right now. Good luck and have a fire extinguisher ready. :D

Watch temp gauge to be sure the cooling system is primed proper.

Good idea on watching temps. I'm sure there is air in the coolant system but if I run it with the overflow full it should manage to burp itself right?

Not necessarily. Drive it a couple miles with a gallon of coolant with you. Last one I had an issue with made it 10 miles before overheating. Full when left, 10 miles down the road 1 gallon low...

Well this is just going to be an idle functional check so I'll have to remember to do that when I get it on the road. I have an old standalone EMU that I bought used from Ninja and he's going to make sure that the tune on it is good base for my injectors. Still need to wire in the meth and the EBC soon. But I want to make sure that the lion's share of the work is done.

Charge your battery, unless its new :wink:

The battery probably won't last long enough to prime the motor lol! I plan on having having a battery charger/starter handy

Best of luck with a successful start up!

If it has set for that long, I would personally recommended a coolant flush. Coolant has additives that prevent corrosion and after so long they wear away. I used prestone super flush when I redid my heads and it helped transition to a cooling system bleed. Also I used a Lisle coolant bleeding funnel. Good luck and definitely update us! http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001A4EAV0

Well, I pulled the ignition wires and hooked the starter up and turned the key... One solid click and then nothing. I might be able to hear the starter spin for a second but it definitely doesn't engage the flywheel. Things to check are the starter relay, the starter solenoid wiring, and possibly pull the inspection plate to see if its spinning.

Wish me luck

OK, did some more diagnosing over the weekend. Definitely a starter relay problem. I wired in the click click start solution before trying to crank it and it seems to be giving me some problems. I've got to check my relays and then see if it could be anything else.

the click click start fix doesnt always work if the wires as just degraded. I actually had to run all new wires. Test by jumping the starterwith a screw driver to see if it turns over.

Or hook up a remote starter switch with one lead on the battery lug on the starter and the other on the solenoid terminal. This will eliminate all problems except battery, positive wire to starter and bad battery ground, same as screwdriver test. Remote starter is good for priming since it lets you crank engine without spark or fuel and lets you move around and check for leaks/etc.

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the click click start fix doesnt always work if the wires as just degraded. I actually had to run all new wires. Test by jumping the starterwith a screw driver to see if it turns over.

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I pulled the relay and tested it with a multimeter. I'm pretty certain it tested bad. Ordered a new one from rock auto. Well see what happens

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Also I used a Lisle coolant bleeding funnel. Good luck and definitely update us! Lisle 24610 Spill-Free Funnel:Amazon:Automotive

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Great funnel for bleeding any car's coolant system!

OK! I got the car to crank on demand now! I had to put a jumper in the stock relay loaction and just rely on the single relay i wired in to fix the clikc click start.

Now I'm on to figuring out my fuel pressure, there is none. I'm at work now but tomorrow I want to try and set the fuel pressure regulator set screw in a bit deeper and see if that does it.

While I'm at work tonight I'm going to get into the tune on the standalone I have to see if it was set up to prime the fuel pump or not. I'm thinking that the tune might be set up for a hotwired pump so there is no point for the computer to turn it on.

Any other ideas for fuel?

Oh, also forgot to ask if the oil pressure dummy light is supposed to go off during cranking or if it won't go off until it start?

I don't know if I have sufficient oil pressure :confused:

Wont know if you have sufficient oil pressure till it runs haha.

Well thats semi-reassuring.

I guess next up is figureing out my fueling issue.

OK! New update. Power is coming out of the ECU and going through the adapter harness fine. I'm not getting any juice to the fuel pump relay though. Anyone have any ideas about what could be disconnected and what connector it would be?

I have a few things still unhooked in the engine bay but I think they're all to things that have been deleted.

Any info would be great, I'm at my wits end!!! :Dismal:

PS is it against forums rules to make a new thread based around this same problem discussing harnesses?