mikelv
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 17, 2006
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Columbus,
Georgia
Okay, I have a problem that I just can't seem to figure out.
A little background:
I just put the whole car back together and now it has absolutely no power. Here is a list of what I did to the car.
Motor/Trans/Clutch/ect....
Battery Relocation, ECU harness clean-up
I pulled the ECU harness out of the car and made an attempt at a fuse box relocation, but decided against it, so nothing was majorly torn apart. I put the harness in the same way I took it out. Every wire and ground is accounted for an connected.
Next was the battery relocation.
I ran a power distribution block in the trunk with the batter and ran 2-gauge power wire from it into the engine compartment. I also ran a 10 gauge wire from the distro-block to the fuel pump relay. Inside the engine bay, I ran that 2 gauge wire to another distro-block which splits power to the starter, and fuse box wires.
I also ran a ground distro block in the trunk for the fuel pump and negative battery terminal. In the engine bay, I ran a distro block for the ground points on the tranny, manifold, and cross member.
Bran new batter, bran new cables, bran new alternator, starter, ect...everything is bran new.
Now the problem, absolutely no power to the ignition, starter, or anything whatsoever.
So I started with a test light.
The test light works all the way to the fuse box if I start from the battery. It lights up at the alternator fuse but that's it. There is no power to any of the fuses. No power under the dash to the steering column or ignition switch.
Also, if I jump a 12v wire from the battery, I can make whatever I touch work, starter, ignition, ect.... (although the car won't crank if I jump the starter wire, which I'm not sure if it's suppose to or not, just the starter makes noise).
Nothing on the ECU harness has 12v, and it seems I don't get anything past where power goes into the fuse box.
I guess my question is why the heck does nothing work inside the fuse box past the alternator fuse. I was trying to read the schematics from the manual without much luck. When and where do the fuses get their power?
I'm trying to eliminate and narrow down the problem, just can't really know where to go from here.
The car has been sitting outside for over a year, but the fuse box was not overly-exposed to the weather. By visual inspection, nothing looks corroded or damaged. Everything is still very clean. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas, or maybe something I'm missing.
Thanks for any help, guess I'm having a hard time explaining this one!
A little background:
I just put the whole car back together and now it has absolutely no power. Here is a list of what I did to the car.
Motor/Trans/Clutch/ect....
Battery Relocation, ECU harness clean-up
I pulled the ECU harness out of the car and made an attempt at a fuse box relocation, but decided against it, so nothing was majorly torn apart. I put the harness in the same way I took it out. Every wire and ground is accounted for an connected.
Next was the battery relocation.
I ran a power distribution block in the trunk with the batter and ran 2-gauge power wire from it into the engine compartment. I also ran a 10 gauge wire from the distro-block to the fuel pump relay. Inside the engine bay, I ran that 2 gauge wire to another distro-block which splits power to the starter, and fuse box wires.
I also ran a ground distro block in the trunk for the fuel pump and negative battery terminal. In the engine bay, I ran a distro block for the ground points on the tranny, manifold, and cross member.
Bran new batter, bran new cables, bran new alternator, starter, ect...everything is bran new.
Now the problem, absolutely no power to the ignition, starter, or anything whatsoever.
So I started with a test light.
The test light works all the way to the fuse box if I start from the battery. It lights up at the alternator fuse but that's it. There is no power to any of the fuses. No power under the dash to the steering column or ignition switch.
Also, if I jump a 12v wire from the battery, I can make whatever I touch work, starter, ignition, ect.... (although the car won't crank if I jump the starter wire, which I'm not sure if it's suppose to or not, just the starter makes noise).
Nothing on the ECU harness has 12v, and it seems I don't get anything past where power goes into the fuse box.
I guess my question is why the heck does nothing work inside the fuse box past the alternator fuse. I was trying to read the schematics from the manual without much luck. When and where do the fuses get their power?
I'm trying to eliminate and narrow down the problem, just can't really know where to go from here.
The car has been sitting outside for over a year, but the fuse box was not overly-exposed to the weather. By visual inspection, nothing looks corroded or damaged. Everything is still very clean. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas, or maybe something I'm missing.
Thanks for any help, guess I'm having a hard time explaining this one!