Just finished fittin the new loom in to the car went to try and turn it over and... nothing not a click or anything just dead

wat do i do now???

 

can match petrol fire


make of that what u will

 

AND......

 

Sounds like u got starter/alternator wired up wrong or flat battery

 

have you connected the solenoid wire onto the starter? IMO it may be easier to just bridge the starter to see if it works! (for now! )

 

yep the lil wire with connector is pluged on lol!
battery went on charge last night so that aint dead

how do i go about bridging the starter??

would go with the petrol ad match idea but im to lazy to push it off the drive lol!!

 

have you earthed the loom

 

just get a spanner and bridge the connectors on the starter... if its got power to it it should turn over.. (or make a racket at least ) if it does then your prob is somewhere in the wiring

 

which part mate? lol

will ave a go at bridging the starter after my cuppa lol

thanks for the help and replys people!

 

Go now you lazy git

 

you have a big gauge wire which is your main earth mine ran across the front summwhere and the turbo set it a light lol

 

ok just been out when briding the 2 bolts nothing happens, when briging a bolt with a spade connector then wat i presume is the solonoid clickin in to place?

 

am confussed now, have got a plug connector on the wiring loom butdoesnt seem to fit anywhere plugs to "big" now iv realised theres a spade connector on the starter as well.. so do i change the plug connector for a space connector or wat?

also, is the thick cable from the alternator a ground or does it go on the same 13mm bolt as the battery live?

 

right is it a 4x4 cossie if it is there a plug with one wire going to it if like mine it lose just not in VERY SLIGHTLY the starter wont work check it it could be the problem it goes straight to the starter motor

 

nope, its an XR3I

 

any 1 got any ideas? am considering gettin a new starter motor

 

Take the starter off and put power direct onto it via some jump leads - does it spin ? If not bin it.

You will need +ive on the big terminal and a -ive via the casing (not via any terminals). If it spins the motor is fine. Then bridge the +ive across to the smaller terminal for the solonoid and see if thats working.

The lead from your alternater should be a +ive btw.

If the starter spins off the car then there is a wiring fault from the ign switch to starter, an earthing fault to engine or the batterys flat lol Hope that offers some help

 

right well got a small update! after removin the imobiliser and changing the plug for a spade iv now got the starter solonoid clickin, when i crank the key!

guna stick the battery on charge now see if that will make the starter spin up, failing that ill take ur advice Tony (NUTS_RuS) and whip it off!

any more suggestions are more than welcome thanks for everybodys help and input as i can now see light at the end of this long ass tunnel! lol

 

bttt

 

so did it spin Benn ?


Or did you blow yourself up lol

Glad to see you have still got this project going. It will all be worth it in the end

 

I had similar problems with this setup, just ripped off injection system and put a Weber carb on it, so much easier and about the same in performance terms too!

Just summat to think about....

 

Tony, not got it to spin yet, got a lil bit of free time so guna whipe it off and try and get it to spin as u said

if it dont spin up, is the starter on ERST's the same?

 

right well took the starter off and connected the wires bk up again and all is well.. soloniod click on and the starter spins up.. am well confussed

 

Did you previously have a good earth on the starter ( via the engine ?) Is there a good 12v on the wire feeding the heavy side of the motor (not the solonoid) when the ign is turned or is there a massive voltage drop ?

 

WAHOOOOO!!! had the battery charger set on "fast" and in turn wasnt charging enuff of the battery put it on normal for a few hours and wahoo the engine turns over!!! just gotta get her to fire up now lol

Thanks for every1s advice!