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howie ll 
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 3:45 AM / IP Logged  
Zerep shouldn't you be going to bed, it's nearly 9:00am here and I'm at least 6 hours ahead of you.
zerepdivad 
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 4:13 AM / IP Logged  
yeah i definitely am going to bed now. it's 4 am here. tomorrows my day off.
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howie ll 
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 4:19 AM / IP Logged  
When do you go off of summer time? We went back to GMT (Zulu) last week
atomicspark 
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 9:26 AM / IP Logged  
Okay well when i do power up both of them i get nothing. the relays in the brain just click.
howie ll 
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 9:52 AM / IP Logged  
This is where you get wized off when I say test everything, go over your connections again, have you programmed it away from manual transmission etc?
atomicspark 
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 10:29 AM / IP Logged  
Yes howie, i have tested my connections for the past week now. my wires are connected correct. also programmed it to a auto tranny right after i got the brain installed.
howie ll 
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 10:45 AM / IP Logged  
OK, got some spare wire? Remove key from ignition switch, join 12v+ constant ignition feed to ignition wire, gauges and lights should power up, flash from there to the starter wire, engine should fire up.
If it doesn't repeat with key in the ignition. If it fires up you need a by-pass (VATS).
If it still doesn't you've wired up something wrong.
If it fires up faulty R/S, check your output leads ignition and starter from R/S.
Starter lead cut, green to key side and violet to starter I assume?
Nothing much else I can think of. Have you connected the tach wire and grounded the BLACK/ white?
zerepdivad 
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 3:12 PM / IP Logged  
honestly not trying to be an ass or anything but this car is one of the simplest out there. even a diyer should be able to tackle it in a day. how exactly is it that you're testing your wires? do you know how an ignition, and accessory are supposed to test with a meter?
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howie ll 
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 3:24 PM / IP Logged  
Entirely my thoughts but I was too diplomatic (for once ) to say anything, honestly give me 88-95 cars all day long, no brainers.
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Posted: November 05, 2010 at 3:44 PM / IP Logged  
zerepdivad, not trying to be an ass? well you totally did the exact opposite of that. This car is not factory stock under the dash, the previous owner has wires going all over the effing place. This is the most ghetto rigged wiring i have seen. I know that i have the correct wires because half of the battle was finding them. And me and my trusty Fluke meter tracked them down. Howie, you have been very helpful in answering my questions but as for zerepdivad, thanks for your 2 cents but you can keep it.
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