6g74 / built atx

[BigTyla]

As I recall didn't you saw through a harness a while back?

Nope, I bought a harness adapter and hacked into it.

[n2nsanity]

i found the missing connector on the passenger side under the dash, so that's connected now
i believe everything is hooked up correctly
everything i thought to be a major concern has been resolved

now when i turn the key to start, i hear the fuelpump making all kinds of noise, but nothing from the starter
changed out the starter relay, no change
grounded the etacs, no change

i'm going to try to hotwire the starter or push start it tomorrow
if i push start going really slow, i don't think it will do much harm
that's the only thing i can think of to help figure out what the problem is and see if everything else is working properly

any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated

aside from working on the no start issues, i flushed the ac lines
everything's hooked up and with a new compressor, new drier and all new orings
radiator and condensor back in, although i think i need to swap fans
apparently i put my old 92 radiator in, but one of the connectors for the fans are different, 6 pins instead of 4 pins
no big, deal, i can just switch that one fan out

[Alex3000gt]

Is all wiring going to the starter hooked up? Verify and then trace the harness back and double check.

[n2nsanity]

it's hooked up correctly, that's probably the easiest thing i've done yet

[n2nsanity]

It's ALIVE!!

Roll started it down the driveway
As long as I park on a hill with nothing in the way, should be set, lol

Took it for a drive around the neighborhood, everything felt and sounded pretty solid, but i think it is running a little lean (no o2 sensor at the moment)

Now that I know everything works for the most part, I can start wrapping everything up and get this thing back together.

Left to do:

- Either figure out the no start problem, or maybe install a push button start
YouTube - ‪shooter83's Channel‬‏

- o2 bung in the new downpipe and wire in the sensor

- Finish up the battery relocation, brackets for the battery and install the new power and ground distribution blocks

- If time and $ allows, replace both axles

- Get dash back together

- Finish Interior swap

- Then a bunch of cosmetic and sound work, and should be all set

[TUFFTR]

fantastic!
just keep an eye on fluid levels and you'll be sweet! Put about 15K on my 3.5L so far and loved every minute of it! the beauty of an N/A engine.
Many congratulations, have the little loose ends tied up and start enjoying her!

[n2nsanity]

chris from ninjaperformance is the man!
thank you, i found my last wire, that's a tiny little fucker too to be causing so much trouble
car starts now, but the starter is actually bad, even though its brand new
which i was already assuming because it wouldn't engage when hot wiring it either
at least now the key makes it spin and do nothing instead of just doing nothing at all, lol
i think they gave me an auto starter and it's spinning, but not fully reaching the teeth
i'll be extremely pissed if it damaged my brand new flywheel

anyway this wire wasn't seated properly, and i was thinking it was just a ground lol
this is all that was preventing the starter from spinning, although my new starter is either bad or they gave me an atx starter which engages a little bit shorter


So i guess next on my list is to replace the starter

Then find a place to mount my new coolant overflow tank and hope it works proplery

ignore my temporary ground lol, it's just temporary and i'm still working on a custom ground wire kit
and even more so, disregard the balled up shirt, it's insulating my temporary power distribution block, which is actually a battery terminal, lol
i have a new one, but haven't installed it yet. these other issues been keeping me busy

Then i need to fix my power windows, they randomly stopped working yesterday

I should also test my speedo, rpm and fuel guage while i'm thinking of it

[n2nsanity]

aghh, speedo fuel and everything else not working
only thing on the speedo working is the flashing ecs sport light
now also my temp and battery guage not working
wtf, for everything i fix, at least 1 other thing breaks

[TUFFTR]

mate I say this now, Do not crank the car with the auto starter in there. My car started maybe 20 times before it chewed up the end of the ring gear. It catches the flywheel by about 1mm...that's all

So do yourself a favor, dont crank it anymore until you get that MTX starter! the throw out is ALOT more.

[n2nsanity]

not sure if it's an atx starter or not, but it's definitely not catching enough to turn anything at all
think i've only tried it 2 times, once jumping the solenoid and once with the key
so if there is any damage, hopefully it's minimal
when i have time later i'll spin it over slowly by hand and inspect the teeth through the starter hole