help needed with wiring! c20xe

[markmcgivern]

i need help with wiring in my c20xe, thought i got it right but turns out i got it completely wrong, engines in a mk1 which used to have a mpi 1.6 8v engine in,

need the help of someone who knows there way round these cars, willing to pay good cash for helping me out

im in st martins, oswestry, shropshire

pm me

[bazil]

whats the problems? maybe youll get more help on here?

[markmcgivern]

Went to start it for the first time, turned the ignition on and hazards were stuck on, it turned over fine for a few seconds then some sparks and now it won't turn over!

[Paul]

How have you wired it up? Theres a good guide iv written in the articales sect.

[markmcgivern]

i did use the guide on here but its not as simple, myn is a mk1 and its a bit different. im on holiday at the moment but as soon as im back ill post some pics of what ive done

[markmcgivern]

im back off my hols and had a look at my wiring,
i cannot get it to turn over to start with! firstly, how do you check the starter motor works?? i guessed that it would work if i put it straight onto the battery it would wizz over or am i wrong?http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h455/Mark_McGivern/IMG_0430.jpg?t=1312028966

here is how ive wired in the ecu - you can see on the pic the plug that used to connect to the old ecu off a gte mpi engine. i simply took the red wire with a blue trace and pulled it through into the car and connected to same on the xe loom, then ive used the black wire assuming its ign live and connected to spare wire on loom by box, and thirdly there is no brown/yellow trace wire for ecu light so ive assumed that the brown/white trace that was at the plug is the ecu light? there is typically a blue and green wire here also for temp guage and revshttp://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h455/Mark_McGivern/IMG_0431.jpg?t=1312028744http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h455/Mark_McGivern/IMG_0432.jpg?t=1312028744

another thing i wanted to check is my earths, im confident i have them right, battery to chassis obvious, loom earths are all on inlet manifold, and earth strap, and the one by the headlights goes down to earth strap on boxhttp://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h455/Mark_McGivern/IMG_0433.jpg?t=1312028744

any thoughts would help a heap as i hate wiring and dont even know how to test stuff

[Mazz]

A made a small loom to go from my GTE plug to the green dash plug & fuel pump connecter. The black wire going to the bottom right is going to the single black switched live wire above the gearbox

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mrmazz/Nova/CIMG5799_Small.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mrmazz/Nova/CIMG5802_Small.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mrmazz/Nova/CIMG5801_Small.jpg

[markmcgivern]

thanks mat, turns out it was just a bad earth on the gearbox strap, took it back to bare metal on the chassis and the car started almost first time since the rebuild! wiring was perfect thanks to the guides on here! exstatic!!!