Starter not working correctly, need help...

[EclipseGST]

make sure all your grounds are hooked up... atleast 2 staps should be goin from the block/head to the firewall/frame and one from the negative on the battery to the motor and from the battery to the firewall. my gauges, lights, and stereo would all flicker when i didnt have 2 gound cables hooked up from putting the engine in. if that doesnt help then its gotta be the ECU

[b00stingsx]

Its definatly not those grounds, i cleaned all the grounds in the engine bay yesterday. Damn dsm's im getting really pissed.

[b00stingsx]

where are the fusible links located on my car? anyone know?

[caustad]

The main fusible link box connects directly off of the positive post of the battery. It's the small one.

[slowbubblecar]

Anyone know where the underdash fuse box gets power from? This would most likely help him out.

[santa]

That is why I am guessing ecu. The coolant temp gauge will randomly go to C, the radiator fans do not work, the starter sparked, etc. Just pull the ecu! You can see if it is an Eprom at the same time and I have one you can try to see if it fixes anything. The starter only sparked once that I saw. When you turn the key, the starter clicks but does nothing. It sparked once. Then we messed with it for a while and it started. Lose wire or something??? Since there are several electrical problems starting to go haywire, I would check the ecu first. Check the mounting bolts to see if it is grounded but I do not see how that would cause sparks to fly. If I remember correctly, James said that the rubber cover is still on the possitive side. There would have to be another poser source that is grounding in there. Possibly starter terminals are corroded as why turn= nothing and it will finally start but the sparks would not convince me of this.

The ecu does not ground where it bolts up. It grounds through a wire running in and out or it. as far as where the fuse box gets power, it gets power from the alternator when the car is running and from the bat(+) when its not running. Check if you have like aldata or mitchell or something of the sourt even the owners manual and see whats in common with the electrical parts that are not working propperly. So if say the passenger side belt works it possibly could be on the same circuit and if that works you wouldn't need to check the power or fuse for that belt. I would start with somewhere on the ground after that because you would be chassing goast's if you went for power or a fuse. Do yourself a favor and save sometime check the common on that circuit (could be that other belt, sig lighter,dome light who knows) and check if it works.

Kevin

[b00stingsx]

I have recently pulled the door panels off to pull the windows out for tinting, so it could be related to that. Also, i re-did my a-pillar gauges, so i took that apart where the automatic seatbelt deally is, so i will check that too.