09-10-2017, 10:24 PM
So i decided to stop being a little bitch about the things left on the table and just push through. I knew it'd be a huge pain in the ass to get the starter wired up so I started with that. First I had to get my battery cables made up. I had to route them to get a good length, pull em, make em and then pin em to the subframes. Almost made the positive cable too short but it ended up being just right. It was a huge pain the ass to hold the cable in place, keep end on the stud and try to screw the nut on. Especially with 2 cables to worry about but after a lot of cussing it got done.
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The kit came with a junction for everything that needed a battery feed so I used that for everything else.
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I couldn't imagine hooking all that up to the starter.
That took pretty much all Saturday. I started Sunday with a hike so I only had half a day. I managed to get most of the ignition wiring done before moving on the shifter since I needed the neutral safety switch in place. This is where shit got kinda muddy. The diagram was very simple and clear. Too simple really because it didn't include the starter relay. There are 2 wires running from it that are a part of the neutral safety switch, add in the ignition switch and 2 wires from the switch itself, I ran into a problem. There's only 2 slots for the neutral safety, so I only had room for 4 wires. Even weirder: it seemed like 4 belonged on one and the 5th was just all by itself. It's really just meant to provide a ground when the shifter is in park or neutral to keep you from starting the car in drive. Push comes to shove I'll just ground it and rely on not being a dumbass but for now I squeezed 3 on one and 2 on the other with one wire from the switch running to each one. That should function just fine.
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This was it. The moment of truth. After a long ass weekend full of frustrating bullshit it was time to hook up the battery and crank the key. There's no gas so I figured there wasn't much that could go catastrophically wrong. I just wanted to hear the engine turn over and make sure the starter wasn't going to run away like it did on the runstand a few times. So I got in, turned the key, AND ... nothing.
I wasn't even mad, just fucking tired. Started giving everything a look over and just as I decided it was time to admit defeat and go inside
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My coil wire is just hanging out on my valve cover. OH RIGHT, I needed to make a trip to get a terminal for that. That would certainly explain the nothingness since my distributor isn't hooked up to shit right now. So yeah a 50 cent part is now deadlining my car. Too late to do that now so I guess I get to disappoint myself another day.
The kit came with a junction for everything that needed a battery feed so I used that for everything else.
I couldn't imagine hooking all that up to the starter.
That took pretty much all Saturday. I started Sunday with a hike so I only had half a day. I managed to get most of the ignition wiring done before moving on the shifter since I needed the neutral safety switch in place. This is where shit got kinda muddy. The diagram was very simple and clear. Too simple really because it didn't include the starter relay. There are 2 wires running from it that are a part of the neutral safety switch, add in the ignition switch and 2 wires from the switch itself, I ran into a problem. There's only 2 slots for the neutral safety, so I only had room for 4 wires. Even weirder: it seemed like 4 belonged on one and the 5th was just all by itself. It's really just meant to provide a ground when the shifter is in park or neutral to keep you from starting the car in drive. Push comes to shove I'll just ground it and rely on not being a dumbass but for now I squeezed 3 on one and 2 on the other with one wire from the switch running to each one. That should function just fine.
This was it. The moment of truth. After a long ass weekend full of frustrating bullshit it was time to hook up the battery and crank the key. There's no gas so I figured there wasn't much that could go catastrophically wrong. I just wanted to hear the engine turn over and make sure the starter wasn't going to run away like it did on the runstand a few times. So I got in, turned the key, AND ... nothing.
I wasn't even mad, just fucking tired. Started giving everything a look over and just as I decided it was time to admit defeat and go inside
My coil wire is just hanging out on my valve cover. OH RIGHT, I needed to make a trip to get a terminal for that. That would certainly explain the nothingness since my distributor isn't hooked up to shit right now. So yeah a 50 cent part is now deadlining my car. Too late to do that now so I guess I get to disappoint myself another day.