Well, I filled her with fluids and made aure I had the grounds held down tight and you know, the basic's. I turned the motor over a few times with the EGI fuse pulled so that I could prime the motor.

Put the fuse in, turned the key, and it cranked over, but thats all I did. I mean, yeah im bummed, but I mean tomorrows another day ya know. I'll go and double and triple check everything and try again.

I couldnt really do too much see'ing how this day lights savings crap and its gets dark so damn early now and I dont have alotta light to work with.

But hey, I thought that I would just share with you guys that im finally ready to start up the 7 and sometime this week, hopefully tomorrow, I will have her running.

 

is this your first rebuild? just curious since i'm collecting parts right now to do my first rebuild this winter and im afraid i might encounter the same thing. hope for the best man.

 

no, its not a rebuild, its an N/A to T2 swap.

 

Check for spark.

 

If you've got spark, make sure you've got fuel

 

nice to see you have such a positive outlook on it... good luck getting it to run

 

Yeah im going to check everything out tomorrow when I can actual see things...lol

Im gonna check for spark and fuel.. I didnt even think to listen for the Walbro to see if it was running. Its kinda hard to hear that kinda stuff when your friends Dodge Cummins turbo diesel engine is running to charge my battery :p.....

Neway, ive got such a positive look on it cwsttu because I didnt et my hopes up . . lol, I mean i didnt even care if it started tonight, i just wanted to prime the engine and everything, Im sure its something simple that I over looked and I will beat my self up for it later... lol

 

well guess what, ive got spark... and no fuel..... i cranked the car over a few times, pulled the plugs and nothing, no fuel or no scent of gas on them at all. Tryed cranking the car over with a plug out and my finger over to see if i got fuel on my thumb, and also, nothing.

I dunno about the wiring to my fuel pump, I took a test light to the connecter and the light didnt light up and i tryed multiple grounds. What would you guys suggest I should do?

 

also, i forgot to mention that when i have the key in the ON position for a little bit a buzzer starts going off and doesnt shut off until the key is removed. Whats the buzzer for?

 

that might be your low coolant/oil buzzer... If you've just put the fluids in, it might be likely that the coolant hasn't circulated through the motor completely and as soon as it runs for a bit, it'll go off.

Check and make sure you've got the fuel lines plugged in where they're supposed to go. I had the same problem when I was putting in a fresh N/A motor in my car and I think the problem (can't quite remember) was that the fuel lines were reversed? Just a suggestion. Good luck.

 

I thought the coolant level sensor was in the radiator.

 

didnt unplug the fuel harness under the dashboard did you? that would disable the fuel pump

 

Yeah, when i threw my new engine in my vert i needed to unplug all the connectors under the dash to get enough room for my hands to do the pedal swap, you didn't fool around down under there did ya? and i do remember that problem also giving me the evil buzzer also.
Matt

 

I rearranged the fuel lines to see if that was the problem, but still nothing. Im pretty sure the pump isnt getting power for some reason, because its a Walbro and im pretty sure that I would be able to hear it running.

Also, the fuel lines arent pressureizing (sp?) with fuel. I pulled of the supply line from the filter and cranked the engine over and nothing.

and cwsttu, no i did not mess with the fuel harness under the dashboard. at least im pretty sure i didnt. Where is it located so that I can check it out and see if its disconnected for some reason.


Do you guys think if i like rewired the fuel pump or something that it might help? How would I rewire it?

Thanks

 

bump

 

It probably is, I'm still kind of a noob. I just know that after replacing the fluids in my N/A after putting the new motor in it, the buzzer went off for about 30 seconds, more than likely due to air bubbles being in the radiator (where the coolant level sensor is)... yeah.