Anyone ever had this problem?
Battery light stays on. Battery has juice. No crank. Almost like ECU is dead. Tried 2 ECUs. Tried even with no ECU and same symptoms. ECU fuse is good.
I turn the key and the dash indicators are all off except the battery. It doesnt even make the chime. Anyone?

 

starter????
alternator???

and what do you have, coil packs?

 

no
everything mechanical is fine
it seems like i just lost a huge ground
im looking for the ground which my wiring matual refers as the main ground for the ECU. I see the bolt for it but no wire. What I did today was. I rewired the clock. Got a lil further but didnt fix it. Car was on. As I put the radio back I heard the sound as you would when you have the key on II switch. I found that weird cause the car was on. Turned it off. Went to turn it on and nothing. Just the batterylight stays on. No engine light. No ABS. No nothing. Its as though the ECU isn't getting a feed or ground. I would suspect ground. Im looking but its driving me insane.

 

ouch, yeah, sounds like no ground. I was thinking you might have done something after you posted about the clock.

Unfortunatly, i don't know where the main ECU ground runs to exactly. Do you have a multimeter around. You could hook up to that wire from the ECU and to chassis ground, if you get continuity, you're good on that one. Other than that, sorry man.

 

either the grond or the PGM-FI main relay, interlock control unit or starter cut relay.
anyone can run me lesson on those above?

 

I would love to see what that ground wire looks like. If im not mistaken there are two 8 or 6 gause ground wires on the top right of the intake manifold. Thats where they are for the F22/23. On the H22 the main ECU ground is connected right below the vtec pressure switch. My problem is that I cannot find the ground on any of the two locations. Its pissing me the fuck off

 

Fuk, welcome to my world..

my car did that when the negative battery terminal was really freyed.. U sure the battery isnt bad?

Good luck man..

 

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honestly
maybe it is
its a new red top

 

Anyone with some other advice.
I found the ground on the mani. I changed the main battery ground. I tried a diff battery. I tried a diff ECU. Last thing I can do is follow the 2 grounds from the intake manifold and make sure they aren't burnt or cut. Lets say one of the connectors for the gauges came out. Would it do this? Like I said. Only the battery light comes on. Nothing else. Its like there is no ECU at all.

 

did u fix the problem. your car better be ready for sunday.

 

well with all the help im getting here ill def get it running by then
i have saturday planned to fix it
hopefuly i can get it done

 

is that sarcasm or no? lol

honda-tech.com = a quicker answer. theres like a million of those motherfuckers there.

i would help but i havent expierienced this problem before. i go there for any technical questions.

 

i had that fuckin problem it turned out to be my transponder in my key was dead or something dats what the dealer said so dey gave me new keys. 2 new pairs hella happy cause i bought used and only recieved one. lol

 

thats weird, our keys dont have to be programmed to be started?? thats usually with newer hondas. thats why its so easy to steal our cars.

 

arber if you find out whats wrong and need a new part let me know ok.

 

srry i didnt know he had a 97, 98 and after all have transponders in it if dey dont match up with the code then ur car will look like its basically dead and wont even try to turnover.

 

super any updates? you figure it out yet?

 

tomorrow ill try to check
now im thinking maybe its something on the steering column

 

its getting toward crunch time!! hope you got this thing ready by sunday. if not we could postphone it another week.

 

Yo check your starter tap it with a hammer. U need two people one to tap it the starter next to the distributor and the other to start it.

 

people people people
nothing turns
nothing lights up but the battery light (battery has juice)
its still wet out
in a few hours ill be checking everything