This comment makes me think it is worth a try .
Even if it does not work it kinda rules out all problems associated with starting an engine that has no major faults .

 

hmmmm-----
goog friend of mine told me one time when i was chasing a car gremlin
"Dont get ahead of myself"
I know you are getting codes about the maf ---its hard to tear them up unless you know you did something. The maf connector is on the drivers side--correct?
So check list time
1- getting spark---check? right?
2- getting fuel? You are not out of gas are you? Dont laugh as I have earned the right to ask!
3- since you had to pop the connectors out of the oem harness that would be the 1st place i would look on both the maf and the TB--sometimes after you get everything put together the backs of the connectors will not be fully seated and when you connect it the little inside connectors will slip backward etc and connection will be lost.
It will get fixed. Take a break cuss out a tree and then go back!
OD
OD

 

Did you remove the ECU? The MAF and the Throttle connectors are on different harnesses...so I doubt that you have a problem with both at the same time...that would be really pissy luck

If you didn't get the ECU plugs seated properly that would do it as well

 

I am going to install some new gauges, & I want some Help !!!
I want to know where (around the S/C) I have to plug my gauge to get the boost & vaccum !

Thanks,

 

I plugged mine into the intake manifold. It has some nice nipples to use.
Both upper and lower intakes have usable nipples. I have a boost sensor in one and a intake charge temp sensor in the other.

 

Early morning...coffee...check. Ibuprofen...check. One, two dogs and a cat...check. Condom still in wallet...hmmm, check, unsure if that's good or bad...dogs and cat don't seem to be smiling and I'm in a pissy mood, so I'll take it to mean I didn't have unprotected sex with anyone except myself. So far, so good.

[scratchnutsyawn]Denny and Dannobre: good thoughts, especially about the ECU connectors. LOL Denny, yes, I made sure a long time ago I had plenty of fresh high test in the tank . And it is indeed making it to the intake.

All coils new and tested, confirmed plug wire routing to be proper, plugs new and clean, although I need to confirm spark to all of them; I'm not fast enough anymore to crank the engine and jump out and see if there is spark across the gap, and I don't have any friends, so I'm going to hire one today. I tried to use the terriers as spark indicators once, but there was a whole thing with the SPCA and PETA, and frankly, I just don't have anywhere else to hide the bodies, so I'll skip that idea.

Plan of action: ECU connectors, fire at the plugs, check FSM for action on codes.
Loverly. Denny, expect a phone call later. [/scratchnutsyawn]

 

It's....alive!!!!!!

 

ok what was it and was it embarrassing?
Mine usually are.
Love your posts dude---had to laugh.
My 1st drive after my install resulted in me blowing a vacuum line in which i had to find a pine stick to jamb down the hole so i could get home.
Welcome to the club and leave the terriers alone (i have 2 jacks --dogs that is.)
Oh by the way i returned your call---no answer. you must be out having fun.
D

 

Oh, Denny, you're gonna love this



:

 

THAT'S FUNNY ...........

Much better than a rag

 

hahaha nice one

 

Yeah. Freakin' Classic. Friend sez, "let's check to see if the throttle plate is stuck." Pulled off the air cleaner and MAF housing, I get in and press the gas, he nods "yeah, it works..."; then he cranes his neck a little closer and says "Oh, wait, do that again...that's not supposed to be in there", at which point I knew what the problem was. Pulled it out, started right up, runs like a freakin' jet turbine - after the cat burned clean, that is:

 

Yeh, beating my head on the table, always gotta be something. Sorry about that Wess, glad we found it before we started taking your car apart. I ow ya big time.

 

Wes--- i am still laughing dude
I want yall to know that yall have been firmly qualify into the Pettit self install club.
Without question.
Got a free yard skeeter (as in Musk) treatment to boot.
Congrats on getting it going
OD

 

HEhe
Reminds me of the guy that parted out his turbo kit because his engine ran like crap with a rag stuck in the charge tube .
Then there was the guy who piped his oil line into the charge tubing .

hmmm - i see an FI theme here ....

 

Yah, bee-yotch

'specially since I got this little item that will 4ever hang in my shop:



Seriously, overlooking the big red plug in the intake, Moon's Install Skilz are obvious. After clearing the intake and recovering from alternating between "OMG, I can't believe it" and laffing our backsides off, my car fired right up and ran like a an insane turbine. Hearing that baby spool at 8k rpm made it all worthwhile. Thanks, Moon, you are the man!

BTW, I was just kidding about owning you and the prison sex thing....:

 

That's so effin funie and priceless

 

unbealivable !!!
so funny +1
Can't imagine to check that point :D

 

"I don't have any friends" Hmmm I wonder why?

 

dead kitteh.

 

quality! Problem solved! 8)

PS do you have gas mask for your garage?!

 

Never liked cats much anway...

 

wes PM sent
OD

 

Some one step on my rear seat and I heard a small "CHTAK".
Strange I thought !!!

Finaly when I came to turn my car on...lots of fuel on the floor !!!!

attached the part that broke....

Have to change the whole fuel pump !!!!

 

If you haven't yet upgraded your fuel pump motor, I suppose now would be a good time to do it and I have a brand new fuel pump assembly with the upgraded fuel pump motor already installed. It is as "drop-in" as the K+N air filter assembly, has no core return, and a loaner fuel pump removal tool is included.