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Old 03-30-2013, 05:52 PM
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hi guys i got the tranny in my 92 dak and i switched the crank pos sensor and now my motor wont even turn over i did for get to disconect the baterry and i zaped the starter a few times and i dont have any of the wires to the tranny hooked up yet but it still should turn over right? all my fuzes and rewlays r good so i was thinking i fried the starter or the nutral safty switch and i dont know where that is help plz
 
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ok i can jump the starter with a skrewdriver and turn the motor over but it wont start so i switched the wires on the crank pos sensor and jumped it again and still wont start so i think it might be nutral safty switch help me plz.
 
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ok i got the motor to turn over now it was the nutral safty but now i have no spark what could it be. the cps backwards? i fliped the wires again and still no spark another thing i was thinking was do i have to have the manual ecu to go with everything else?
 
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Are you sure you hooked up the wires correctly on the crank sensor? Double check with the wiring diagrams in the FAQ. That would be my best guess.
 
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i got my truck to start but i found out i have a new venture gear nv3500. dont know if thats good or bad but my auto cross member wont bolt up to it so i might have to fab one or get a manual one and a manual drive shaft
 
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you should be able to go to the store and get the correct mount.
 



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