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no start, no wts, no ses light after new motor install

mxracer14 said:
well i got her going. Didnt start till the hood was on and that ground strap from the hood to firewall was hooked up. sound strange? I assumed it would run with hood off. But the new motor is purring now! timed it yesterday and ended up with 8.7/8.7/-1.5. ground grounds grounds they told me... haha thanks everyopne for your input, i will post up my build thread later this week with pics!
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Maybe you wanna elaborate on were that strap originates at the firewall????, cause that is news to me.
Only wires going to the hood is for the under hood light.
 
There is a stud just off to the pass side above the motor on the firewall. The braided strap came from under the hood mat near the lamp and hung down almost perfectly to that stud. I have two wires to the lamp plus that strap on my hood. I will get a pic of it and post it up in the next few days.
 
That strap from the hood is not long enough to get anywhere near the motor let alone the frame.it barely reaches the stud at the top of the firewall with the hood open. either way it was what i needed so i didnt look to far into it.
 
I think what everyone is trying to say is that the PO put the strap on wrong. disconnect it from the hood and connect it to the engine.
 
I can't see that strap from hood to firewall has anything to do with your initial no start situation,..it accomplishses nothing but ground the hood for no reason

Unhook it and i bet the mill will start just the same.
 
This happened to me when I swapped out my motor. I found out that due to how far the engine sits under the cowl, and the fact that I didnt remove the Glow Plug Relay, I damaged it internally when I pulled the old motor. After I beat my head against the wall for days, and testing everything, I went and bought a new GP Controller, Did the trick.

Might not be your issue, but sharing my experience.....
 
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