motoxxxr

hi all,

i am stuck in a rut all confused and pulling my hair out, the problem is that i have done a engine and loom swap from a 98 wrx into a 95, the thing is i have put the loom in and as far as i can see we are all plugged in, the fuse box is all in order ,as the are all differnt connectors and will only go in one way, so ive one to turn the key and there is nothing, not even turning the starter over but i can here a relay click, ive bridged the starter from the battery and it turns over but there doesnt seem to no power coming from the ignition to the starter?? i had the complete doner car and it was running perfect. the only difference is that the doner car was a automatic and i have swapped it with a manual gearbox, would this affect the ecu in any way? has anybody has this problem? or is there a specialist that i can turn to? as im really wanting the car to start

i will be very gratefull for any info

chris

Slowboy Racing

You need to go through the process of checking all the pins on the block connectors where the engine wiring loom is. It’s very possible that even though the connectors fit the wiring is wrong.

Check the ecu pinouts leading to the engine wiring loom connector and then check from that point all is connected to the correct destination. It’s a long process, you would probably be better of getting the correct loom for that year.

electricracer

first thing to check is autos are fitted with a switch to tell if car is in park before its started. make sure that if you have removed this switch from the gearbox/linkage that you short out the wiring otherwise car will think its in drive and not do anything.