4g63 Starting problem?

[25psi_talon]

ok my car ran fine last night and now i hooked up the alt and forgot to unhook the battery so it popped on me.... now the car runs only off the starter but ones u back off the key it dies even if ## playing with the gas.... would the alt fuse be the problem?

 

[Absit]

Why would you post this without just..checking the fuses? Check the fuses.

 

[2gGSXEclipse]

ok my car ran fine last night and now i hooked up the alt and forgot to unhook the battery so it popped on me.... now the car runs only off the starter but ones u back off the key it dies even if ## playing with the gas.... would the alt fuse be the problem?

Theres a really good chance you popped the fuse. Just use a DVOM and check voltage on both sides of the fuse. You should see source voltage with the key in the run position.

 

[Absit]

Theres a really good chance you popped the fuse. Just use a DVOM and check voltage on both sides of the fuse. You should see source voltage with the key in the run position.

Even easier, continuity test the fuses..

 

[2gGSXEclipse]

Even easier, continuity test the fuses..

I wouldnt say its easeir, id say there equally easy Either way check your fuse before you start a thread on it

 

[Absit]

I wouldnt say its easeir, id say there equally easy Either way check your fuse before you start a thread on it

Easier because you don't have to have the key in!

 

[25psi_talon]

so the fuse is fine but when i unplug the harness to the alt, the car rust.... Ps this is in colt....

 

[Absit]

Ok dude, I know I'm not supposed to say this, but English, please..

 

[25psi_talon]

i ment runs not rust

but the harness that plugs into the alternator, when i unplug that the car runs fine
but when i plug it in the car only relies on the starter to run and when u let off the key it dies...
i also went and found the fuse in the colt... im never doing a motor swap again... this swap gives me a new problem every day since i got it running

 

[Absit]

It sounds like the alternator is interrupting power to/from the battery instead of charging. I don't know how you have your started rigged, but if it's direct to battery this would make sense.

 

[2gGSXEclipse]

When you say it "popped" on you, what exactly happen? Did you touch your wrench from the b+ terminal on the alt to a ground, or what happened?

 

[25psi_talon]

the starter wire is ran to the black and yellow wire on the relay in the car.

and when i mean by it popped... i was tightening the power wire with a wrench and it touched the headers and sparked.... but its the plastic harness with 2 wires that is screwing with it....

edit: there are also 2 wires that i have no idea where they go, ones black with no end and the other is black with a cylinder female end....

no one knows what those wires are to?

 

[e30_fiend]

the one that is black with no end needs to be hooked up to the ground on the alternator IIRC. I could be wrong though. Maybe post a picture of the wire with no connector? And the other wire with the female connector leads up to the powersteering pump. You'll see the male end sticking out of the pump under the banjo fitting on top.

hope that helps.


Taylor

 

[25psi_talon]

Thank you... That's what I needed to kno and it works!!! Thanks again