Well the battery did not fit because of the small lip on the battery. I knew sooner or later I was going to need a new battery so now was as good a time as any.
Finally the engine would crank. yahoo... but would not start.
I did notice that my fuel pump would run continuously. That was not right. So I started tracing wires. I pulled the EEC wiring harness out and did more tracing. 10 hours of wiring tracing to finally realize my 1989 donor had a 1992 wiring harness. No joke. The prior owner had a home brew wiring job that kept the fuel pump running continuously.
This is a view of the EEC computer and part of the EEC wiring harness.
Yes I did say this donor was a running car when I bought it.
Not a task for anyone without lots of patience. You see the colors of the wires did not match my wiring diagrams so it was a slow process to trace all 60 connections on the EEC. It took 14 hours to do this but when I was done I was confident I would be able to start the car. ha!
But it did not... now the fuel pump would not run at all. I could not get any computer diagnostic codes (KOEO codes) out of the computer either.
More tracing of wiring and checking computer connections. I got lots of help from the forum for things to check for.
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