justinbyrant
01-03-2012, 08:15 PM
i know this looks like a lot of reading but bear with me
OK so i picked up a 90 s13 that has been sitting for years, it was pretty much in perfect shape without a motor or trans though so i swapped a dohc from my 92 parts car, i also did a full engine bay tuck putting the fuse boxes in pretty much the same place they are at originally just under the engine bay upside down in the same spot, i also relocated the battery to the trunk.
anyways, i got everything all done however nothing in the car works at all except the headlights until i turn the key on, with the key on everything seems to work fine except my headlight motors which want to stay in the up position even with the lights off,
keep going
i can press the button for the headlights which has the brown wire cut for sleepy eyes and they will go up and down but they wont stay down and if i hit the button again when they are halfway down the driver side motor makes a loud buzzing sound, also when i first turn the key on with the lights off the alarm goes off like it does when you leave your lights on after turning the car off and opening the door
when i turn the key off my dash lights stay on, the one for the doors, e brake and seat belts, i can get the door and seat belt lights to go out by shutting the doors and buckling the seat belts but im pretty sure that only the door light is supposed to work when the car is off. i cant get the battery light to go off however, when i unhook the battery everything goes back off and wont come on again till i turn the key back on
almost there
i don't know if it affects the running of the motor as i don't have a starter or flywheel just yet but everything is hooked up so it shouldn't matter.
sorry for so much text just trying to give as much information as possible, this is my 5th dohc swap so i know what im doing with all this stuff i just cant figure out whats causing this, if you have made it this far i admire your perseverance and appreciate any help you can give me
i think im gonna upload a video tomorrow showing everything i have done and whats going on with the car
OK so i picked up a 90 s13 that has been sitting for years, it was pretty much in perfect shape without a motor or trans though so i swapped a dohc from my 92 parts car, i also did a full engine bay tuck putting the fuse boxes in pretty much the same place they are at originally just under the engine bay upside down in the same spot, i also relocated the battery to the trunk.
anyways, i got everything all done however nothing in the car works at all except the headlights until i turn the key on, with the key on everything seems to work fine except my headlight motors which want to stay in the up position even with the lights off,
keep going
i can press the button for the headlights which has the brown wire cut for sleepy eyes and they will go up and down but they wont stay down and if i hit the button again when they are halfway down the driver side motor makes a loud buzzing sound, also when i first turn the key on with the lights off the alarm goes off like it does when you leave your lights on after turning the car off and opening the door
when i turn the key off my dash lights stay on, the one for the doors, e brake and seat belts, i can get the door and seat belt lights to go out by shutting the doors and buckling the seat belts but im pretty sure that only the door light is supposed to work when the car is off. i cant get the battery light to go off however, when i unhook the battery everything goes back off and wont come on again till i turn the key back on
almost there
i don't know if it affects the running of the motor as i don't have a starter or flywheel just yet but everything is hooked up so it shouldn't matter.
sorry for so much text just trying to give as much information as possible, this is my 5th dohc swap so i know what im doing with all this stuff i just cant figure out whats causing this, if you have made it this far i admire your perseverance and appreciate any help you can give me
i think im gonna upload a video tomorrow showing everything i have done and whats going on with the car