no power to swap, i know this is a slight repost but i couldnt find the old post Options

[6G94celica]

sorry about repost if anyone know the link to the old post that was similair to this let me know i couldnt find it but know i glanced at it before.

ok so i got my motor in and everything got it all hooked up and decided to try and turn it over. not to start it jsut see if shed turn over. it did right off the bat everything worked. but when we first turned the key just to the on position before i turned it over we smelled something slightly burnt. there was no smoke and no sound. we looked everywhere but found nothing. so it turned over perfect last night and when came back out today to finish the little stuff and recheck everything, i dont have anything. when i turn the key the only thing i get for power is the brake light and airbag light, and my windshiled wipers are trying to work backwards(in other words pull down towards the motor.) the fuses all are good and im pretty sure all the grounds are good. the battery is a brand new OPTIMA red top and has full charge. any help is much appreciated

[Blakout16]

most likely smelling either shorted wires burning or just wires burning. if u smelt it but never saw it, it's most likely a electrical connection for ur ignition, that should be the first place u look for something fried

[6G94celica]

ya but see the thing i dont get is that we smelled it first and then later that night after we didnt find anything it still worked just fine and turned over. but the next day it wouldnt work at all. the battery was discconected all night to so something didnt fry while we werent in there

[6G94celica]

BUMP.... anyone else have any other info to help me out

[lagos]

who did your harness?

[6G94celica]

Dr. Tweak

[toyotacrazy]

BUMP.... anyone else have any other info to help me out

yea. you have to have something hooked up wrong. It must have fried a wire. Check ALL the fuses. Including the 100 AMP in the relay blocks.

[6G94celica]

i checked all the fuses except the relay, to me it seems like only 1 ign switch in the ignition column is getting power. the other is not because only half the gauge lights work and the windhield blades want to go backwards. ill chck the 100 amp tomorrow. anyone else have info

[toyotacrazy]

i checked all the fuses except the relay, to me it seems like only 1 ign switch in the ignition column is getting power. the other is not because only half the gauge lights work and the windhield blades want to go backwards. ill chck the 100 amp tomorrow. anyone else have info

please specify what you mean by half the gauge lights..........????

[6G94celica]

well when i go in and turn the key to the on only the BRAKE, airbag, and oil light come on. usually the check engine light, and some other lights come on as well as the doorbell doesnt ding

This post has been edited by 6G94celica: Sep 2, 2007 - 1:21 PM

[6G94celica]

BUMP... someone has to know something or have possibly experienced something similair. i live in a small wisconsin town and very few people are good with electrical stuff here let alone imports

[lagos]

pull out every fuse, one by one, and test them with a multimeter or a fuse tester. sometimes they can look fine, but be burned out.

check to make sure that you have all your grounds connected. 1 to the trans, 1 one to the chasis, and one from the main engine harness to the back of the intake manifold.

if all that is good, and you still smell something burning, then you should contact tweak and talk to him about it.

This post has been edited by lagos: Sep 3, 2007 - 10:35 PM

[cheeco]

smell the ecu, see if its burnt up

[6G94celica]

no i dont think its the ECU, i tried just pluging in my old ecu cuz the plugs are the same and nothing chaged it was exactly the same

[6G94celica]

ok well i figured out the power problem. the car turns over and everything but now it doesnt have any spark. any ideas. im thinking i just need a new cap and rotor and stuff but idk.

[toyotacrazy]

ok well i figured out the power problem. the car turns over and everything but now it doesnt have any spark. any ideas. im thinking i just need a new cap and rotor and stuff but idk.

Was the harness wired for the ecm correctly? Make sure the ecm you have is for the correct year and part# that it was wired for.