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Posted by El Caballo (Member # 6355) on :
 
Il make it short, So I bought a 67 stang last week with a bone stock 289 (running condition).... I made a swap to a 351w, I was very careful with every wire and vacuum hose to be in place..
Now it wont start, I turn the key and it won't even click, is there somthing I missed??
Thanks fellas...

[ 2013-05-12, 12:30 PM: Message edited by: El Caballo ]
 

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Posted by SacStangDriver (Member # 8304) on :
 
how many times is the engine grounded?
 

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Posted by SacStangDriver (Member # 8304) on :
 
is battery grounded to engine also?
 

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Posted by El Caballo (Member # 6355) on :
 
Yup, I whent over it couple times. It starts if I plug a wire straight from the battery to the solenoid tho, so the ground is good I guess
 

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Posted by Wht86drop (Member # 12104) on :
 
It could be the electrical part of the ignition? Just a guess though
 

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Posted by LXjames (Member # 10791) on :
 
Ignition switch? Sounds like its not traveling from the key to the solenoid
 

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Posted by Wht86drop (Member # 12104) on :
 
If you have a power probe try and have somebody turn the key and test the wire to the solenoid to see if you get power. That should be a good starting point. Or did you wire up the solenoid right?
 

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Posted by El Caballo (Member # 6355) on :
 
^^ I wired the solenoid straight from the battery and engine turns.. I tested the ignition wire and it don't have power, that's we're I'm lost cuz Everything was working fine when I bought it... I had no problem with the ignition switch at all, I whent back over and over checking every single wire from solenoid to the firewall and nothing seams out of place.. Every Ground wire is in place... I'm running out off ideas in what could it be..

[ 2013-05-12, 11:18 PM: Message edited by: El Caballo ]
 

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Posted by LXjames (Member # 10791) on :
 
Dumb question but is the battery good? I've had parts take a shit on me while they were off the car during a swap!! Lol idk how but it happened. In all your carefull ways you may have skipped something simple
 

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Posted by Wht86drop (Member # 12104) on :
 
Yup for example my entire setup on my car is a SN95 and everthing was working when i removed the dash from the doner and after i installed everything on my 86 it wont crank with the key. The only way i can start it is if i put power to the senoid from the battery. Something could be loose still or it has a bad connection. Try testing with a probe or a voltometer. If you test every wire with the probe you might find your answer.
 

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Posted by El Caballo (Member # 6355) on :
 

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Originally posted by LXjames:
Dumb question but is the battery good? I've had parts take a shit on me while they were off the car during a swap!! Lol idk how but it happened. In all your carefull ways you may have skipped something simple

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Originally posted by Wht86drop:
Yup for example my entire setup on my car is a SN95 and everthing was working when i removed the dash from the doner and after i installed everything on my 86 it wont crank with the key. The only way i can start it is if i put power to the senoid from the battery. Something could be loose still or it has a bad connection. Try testing with a probe or a voltometer. If you test every wire with the probe you might find your answer.

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Yea ima have to test every wire, I just been eyeballing the wire set up making sure everything is connected, dint really tested the wires since everything was working fine...
 

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Posted by El Caballo (Member # 6355) on :
 
Thanks fellas!
 

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Posted by Wht86drop (Member # 12104) on :
 
Also try and find a diagram online to pinpoint the main wires that goes to the ignition to save you some time but it probably would be better to check everything just to be sure every thing that you need to function works properly. Let us know how it goes so we know for future references.
 

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Posted by El Caballo (Member # 6355) on :
 
^^ il check that out too, won't be able to work on it till next week (goin out of town) but sure thing il let u guys kno what the problem was
 

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