MisterPiranha

So I just installed a new set of SR motorsports power pulleys, and now my FD won't start Any ideas what the reason might be?

If this has any effect on it- the battery and intercooler have been sitting outside of the car for about 3 weeks now. And yes I have tried charging the battery.

kru510

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do you get a chime when you connect the battery with the key in the ignition?..is your alt plugged in?

Jeff5808

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Need more info: does the car power on? does the engine turn over/spin? why was the intercooler and battery sitting outside of the car for so long? Were the pullies the only repair/mod made to the car?

Did you put the battery and intercooler back in? Is there gas in the car?
Just kidding, , but please give as much detail as you can.

MisterPiranha

It'll crank but no further than that. I tried holding it for 10 seconds like it suggested in the manual, but that didn't work either. Lights flip up and work fine, as well as all the interior lighting.

Yes, the pullies were the only mod. It's been sitting outside for so long because when I took them out, I didn't have a powerful enough compressor for my impact wrench to loosen the alternator, so I had to wait a couple of weeks until I could get my hands on one.

MisterPiranha

It's a 1994; and manual.

donrotor

chek the spark and fuse, good luck.

IRPerformance

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If you took off the main pulley make sure the trigger wheel and crank angle sensors are on right and that you didn't damage them.

MisterPiranha

How do I check for that?

fd3rew

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Did you remember to transfer over your trigger wheel? It's easy to forget especially since you have a nice shinny new main pulley and you have to transfer over the old faded trigger wheel. Other than that, just make sure you didn't knock off one of the two connectors for the crank angle sensors like what an earlier poster said. Those connectors for the crank angle sensors get brittle if your power harness is original.

MisterPiranha

Is the trigger wheel the piece closest to the shaft or is it the one that sits inside the pulley itself attached by the four bolts?

MisterPiranha

So it seems the trigger wheel was the problem; I didn't put it back.

I won't be able to work on it again until the weekend so I'll update you guys on that when I do.

I had a question though, on the outside ring of the trigger wheel, there's a small tab that sticks out from the rest of the circle. Is the tab supposed to be pointed in a certain direction?

fd3rew

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If I remember correctly, the four small bolts holding the trigger wheel to the hub are not spaces symmetrically, so, just keep rotating the trigger wheel 90 degrees at a time until you get all four bolt holes to line up.

Sgtblue

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Correct, it will only go on one way. Check the wheel carefully and make sure nothing was bent, especially that longer tab. Check the FSM.

IRPerformance

iTrader: (41)

Lol. I figured as much. Without the trigger wheel the ecu doesn't know when to send spark.

4CN A1R

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if you switch over to a pfc would you still need the trigger wheel?

gafu mazda

i think the trigger wheel is the one that sliced my thumb....right Ihor? -=)

I THINK its needed!!(sarcasm)

GoodfellaFD3S

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If you want the car to start, yes

MisterPiranha

Lesson learned, Haha.