S14cagged
04-13-2009, 01:33 PM
I got an email from a friend down in wilmington and trying to help him out but having a hard time understanding fully what he is trying to say
"I bought a car from one of my friends that got a DUI. This was his 1st SR swap that he has ever attempted, he has done 2 KA-E's to DE swaps and is familar with S-chassis. I helped him drop in the motor and get it bolted in, but did not mess with any of the wiring at all....
This is where i wish i was there to help or figure out what the hell he did. He did all the wiring himself(not having any previous wiring experince) converting the wiring harness from a jdm chassis to usdm chassis. At 1st glance i saw it was a shitty wiring harness job, but i guess it was good enough to make the car run. i bought the car from him and drove it back home with no problems besides the fact it was running a little warm 5-10 degree's.
Well after driving it to the beach and back i noticed that my whole interior light and dash lights cut off(this was at night of course) i went and popped my hood and see if something was loose or a fuse had blown(1st i checked the cabin fuse box,it was fine).I find that my FAL fans arent spinning causing my car to start to overheat. I turn off the motor and leave the key where the fuel pump would still be on.then i pop the relay box and find a penny shoved in the alt relay prongs. Im sitting here thinking WTF is this shit. I take a scerw driver and adjust the penny a little bit and my interior power/lights come back on. I immeditaly call my friend asking what the hell this was and he said oh i forgot to tell you that it was blowing the alt fuse so i stuck a penny in it and now its all good, just move the penny around and it will be good. after a little cussing him out i hang up and decide to get the car back to my house.
Got the car back to my house after having to adjust the penny 3 more times on the way home. my 1st instinct was there was something grounded out on either the engine harness or tranny harness. I was more leaning towards the tranny harness since he had did a battery relocation job on it and maybe somewhere in his jerry-rigging i would find it. I pulled the motor examined the harnesses and couldnt find any fraying/arc marks/melted wires. i put the motor back in and put the wires to new grounds and it still has the same problem... i have like 20 alt fuses to try and see if i can get rid of this penny in there but it is still blowing them. Do you have any idea what it could be... if you know anyone tell them i have like 20 bucks in my paypal waiting for someone to lead me to this problem
"I bought a car from one of my friends that got a DUI. This was his 1st SR swap that he has ever attempted, he has done 2 KA-E's to DE swaps and is familar with S-chassis. I helped him drop in the motor and get it bolted in, but did not mess with any of the wiring at all....
This is where i wish i was there to help or figure out what the hell he did. He did all the wiring himself(not having any previous wiring experince) converting the wiring harness from a jdm chassis to usdm chassis. At 1st glance i saw it was a shitty wiring harness job, but i guess it was good enough to make the car run. i bought the car from him and drove it back home with no problems besides the fact it was running a little warm 5-10 degree's.
Well after driving it to the beach and back i noticed that my whole interior light and dash lights cut off(this was at night of course) i went and popped my hood and see if something was loose or a fuse had blown(1st i checked the cabin fuse box,it was fine).I find that my FAL fans arent spinning causing my car to start to overheat. I turn off the motor and leave the key where the fuel pump would still be on.then i pop the relay box and find a penny shoved in the alt relay prongs. Im sitting here thinking WTF is this shit. I take a scerw driver and adjust the penny a little bit and my interior power/lights come back on. I immeditaly call my friend asking what the hell this was and he said oh i forgot to tell you that it was blowing the alt fuse so i stuck a penny in it and now its all good, just move the penny around and it will be good. after a little cussing him out i hang up and decide to get the car back to my house.
Got the car back to my house after having to adjust the penny 3 more times on the way home. my 1st instinct was there was something grounded out on either the engine harness or tranny harness. I was more leaning towards the tranny harness since he had did a battery relocation job on it and maybe somewhere in his jerry-rigging i would find it. I pulled the motor examined the harnesses and couldnt find any fraying/arc marks/melted wires. i put the motor back in and put the wires to new grounds and it still has the same problem... i have like 20 alt fuses to try and see if i can get rid of this penny in there but it is still blowing them. Do you have any idea what it could be... if you know anyone tell them i have like 20 bucks in my paypal waiting for someone to lead me to this problem