demon

My RX8 is engine swapped (won't go into detail here as I don't want to derail the thread) - when the shop did the new wiring harness, they ran a single wire from the starter harness to another small harness which connects to a spot in the fuse block, using just 1 pin of the harness.

Recently I have had intermittent problems with this - sometimes the starter won't turn at all, but it usually fixes itself after 5 minutes or so. Today though, after about 30 minutes of trying it wouldn't work at all; I ended up having to leave the ignition key on and jumping the harness with a +12v source, which worked fine.

Does anyone have any idea why this intermittent issue might be? The only thing I can think of is that this single pin in the fuse panel is not always getting +12v when the ignition key is turned; if that is the case, which spots do get +12v? My only other recourse is to wire the starter wire directly to the ignition switch bypassing the fuseblock all together.

Thanks in advance, I know that is probably very confusing!

StealthTL

iTrader: (1)

The signal for the starter goes to the clutch switch before going to the solenoid.
Connect your starter wire there, or just get your 12 volts from the lighter socket....

S

demon

Other option for me is to do a remote starter switch (S2000 for example) - any idea what the harness and pin is that are being used in the fuse panel are for?

Also not sure what you mean by getting +12v from the lighter socket...+12v for what?