Engine reinstalled, NO POWER ANYWHERE?!

[Semper]

i just reinstalled my engine in my 1g. i re hooked everything and connected the terminals. when i hooked up my positive i got a few sparks off it. and nothing is powered whatsoever.. all grounds are tight and clean, I don't get why, i looked at my fuses in the fuse box near the bat, but i cant see any that are blown. i don't know how to tell if the black ones are blown either, id assume you'd know if it were to pop... I don't even think there is a fuse that would cause this to happen, it sounds to me like im shorting out somewhere but i cant see anywhere that i could be.

has anyone had this problem, everything was fine before i took the engine out. I am confused.

 

[95TalonOwner]

Did you check to see if your battery is dead?

 

[ColtiXim]

Have you connected the big positive wire on your starter ?

 

[Semper]

The battery is not dead. even if it were, i had the charger on it hooked up and it cycled on and off telling me i have a break somewhere...
Yes the big positive is on the terminal towards the solenoid correctly.

That is why i am scratching my head.
I had a extra fuse box with fuses so i changed all the major ones and still no luck.

Ground to block is there, positive to starter is there, ground from bat to firewall is there, all the grounds are clean and correct. i thought maybe i had perhaps wired my alt wrong, so i took the wires off, still no luck.
one of my main feeds must be screwed, but it doesn't make scence as everything is checking out, unless of corse i have a broken wire. but even then i haven't moved the main feeds enough with their size to break a wire to the point it wont conduct.

Im going to run a jumper wire to the starter and see if it makes a difference. crazyer things have happend.

 

[GSXTasy005]

when i hooked up my positive i got a few sparks off it.

I don't know why everyone does this? The proper way to hook up a battery is positive first, then negative! You can damage a lot of components when you do negative first, then positive. To over-simplify things, you want the circuit to be completed at the furthest point away from electronic components, which (almost) always means ground last. That's also why your ECU, and other switches in your car complete circuits to ground, instead of to positive.

To answer your question the sparks mean you have a short. You're presented with 3 possibilities:

1. Your battery is ruined (or there is another problem with it)

2. A fuse is blown.

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A. There are 3 fuse locations (IIRC) on a 1G

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B. on a 2G there are 3 for sure

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i. Engine bay

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ii. Driver kick panel(near the dead pedal)

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iii. Behind the driver knee bolster

3. If there are no blown fuses, and your battery tests good, you need to start searching through the systems in your car to figure out what blew. Check all of the ECU's in your car (would be shitty to have the SRS ECU freak out when you're going 55 down the highway)


Also, just for sh*ts and giggles, pull your starter out and bench test it. If it tests good, hook the wires up BEFORE putting it back in place. That way you can be sure it's all good.

 

[TSIturbo91]

Do you have a multimeter? I would check your continuity and ohms on your wires to see if there is something compromised enough to cause this to happen. And if your wires are original they could be brittle from many years o heat and use. So there could be a split wire. And I'm kinda leaning towards that from your description. Everything is connected and battery is topped off. Can't be everything broke all at once while it sat.

 

[allthrottle]

It sounds like you've got the most common issues checked out, now you'll probably have to pull out a test light and start checking for power going into and coming out of your fusebox and to your various sensors and ecu. You may want to grab an ETM and check to make sure ALL of your grounds are properly connected. It's also possible you shorted out a module, relay or fuse block.

A second set of eyes can also help when reinstalling an engine and connecting you harness. There may just be something simple you missed.

 

[bryanwheat]

Make sure that the wire from the fuse box to the battery is hooked up to the battery terminal. There are a couple wires that hook to the + battery terminal.

 

[Semper]

Now that you mentioned a bad bat. just got me thinking.. my freind crossed the terminals with a screwdriver to magnetize it... could this be the culprit?

i will bench test the starter tonight.

Errrr.... i feel like an idiot now. I guess when i put the starter in and was maneuvering it, i bent the connector to stud, and it was "ever so slightly" grounding out on the starter casing.

 

[ColtiXim]

Happy for you and thanks for explanation from your problem