1g Statup issues

[frosh29]

Hey guys,

I thought I would throw a post up. My 1g is ready to be started for the first time. Here is a brief history.

I bought a new 1g shell when someone rear-ended me and totaled my car. I swapped my motor into the shell. Everything is buttoned up and ready to start.

Now, the battery in the shell is dead. I am trying to prime the motor and start the car using jumper cables.

Here is the issue. When I go to start, I only get a clicking noise from the MPI (by the ECU, under the dash). No cranking, nothing.

I've read bad ECU, but I sent my ECU to Steve on the forums to fix for me (He did a great job BTW) so I don't think it's that. Also I've read that it should be bad connections at the battery terminals...

Just wondering what you all have to say about it to help me get it started. Should I be using a fully charged battery? Is that the reason, not enough juice?

Thanks,
Scott

 

[GSXtra]

yes, if you are using a "dead" battery even jumping it wont do anything. Change the battery out and see if that helps. my guess is thats your problem

 

[yhype]

Starter may have just gone bad as well....start with the simple stuff.

 

[frosh29]

I would be surprised if it's the starter, but i have another to test with. Also, will go buy a battery tomorrow to test with.

Once I get those two things replaced, I will report back.

Also, I need to prime the motor before I start it... Would it be enough to unplug the MPI and crank the motor (assuming I can get it to crank)? Or should I be doing something else?

Thanks for the help so far.

-Scott

 

[Caron]

Check your battery cables as well, could be simple corrosion. My guess would be battery

 

[frosh29]

Ok here is an update:

The battery terminal are brand new... bought them and installed them before I had this issue.

I just went to purchase a new battery today. Came back and looked over the car quickly. Found that the ground to the starter was not bolted in. Did that...

Ready to try again. I will update once I've tried. Thanks for the suggestions!

-Scott

 

[92AWDHX40]

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-miscellaneous/217951-how-diagnose-no-start.html

 

[frosh29]

Thanks for the link to the No-Start diag....I've made a lot of progress today.

I got the starter hooked up and bought a new battery... From there, I tried to crank it. It cranked fine. However, I had no oil pressure. I needed to prime the motor but all the timing components were already on.

I removed all the timing components and spun the oil sprocket with my impact gun. Oil pressure built up. I am in the process of re-timing the car, getting all the pulleys back on, the "arm" motor mount.

I will then plug in the fuel pump and coil pack and report back on whether it starts up!

Thanks for all the help!

-Scott

Ok, I have an oil pressure question...Now that I have spun the oil pump sprocket and seen oil pressure... does that mean I can do an oil change and still have oil pressure in the system?

I already put my timing components back on and I don't want to take them off, however, I have an oil leak at the oil return for the turbo...

Please let me know.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[frosh29]

WHELP,

I went to start my car today, after 2.0 years of building it. Sounded like crap at first, but I re-positioned the CAS and then things sounded much better.

Oil pressure was good at startup as well.

This thread can be closed!

Thanks for all the help.

-Scott