5 speed swap, won't start thread.

[Chaluska]

Originally Posted by Ilya

Solder Solder Solder!!! looks like you twisted two wires together. come on man, there are like 4 wires inside a 240 and you cant figure it out why you had a good starter before, and now you dont.

Did you disconnect the starter to do your swap?

Have you tried tapping the starter and then starting?

Did you check your battery?

never solder in the engine bay.. always use crimps

engine = hot. solder melts in heat.

[tauntdevil]

Originally Posted by Chaluska

never solder in the engine bay.. always use crimps

engine = hot. solder melts in heat.

If your engine gets hot enough to melt the solder, I believe you have another issue. Would have to get extremely hot for it to melt the solder unless you use cheap crap that melts with light heat.

Also, to the OP, you may want to look at a diagram to see where all the wires for the starter go too so you know which start the starter and which may not be as important. You can also try using a remote starter switch, turn the key to ON position and try turning over the engine. In theory, should start unless you are missing more connectors and wires. Go over everything you did and make sure there are no missing connectors. I know you said it starts up fine so really just sounds like you didnt connect something correct. Tripple check it all and make sure it is all correct.