need help wiring!!

[knute_gis]

Any updates on your wiring?

[Wtfan18]

by tomorrow there will be. im going to hook the ignition up tonight test the wires etc. finish the grounds and turn the key hopefully tomorrow if all goes as planned!

[knute_gis]

good luck

What did you end up using for a y-pipe?

thanks

[Wtfan18]

good luck

What did you end up using for a y-pipe?

thanks

haha funny that you ask. im going to be doing some welding tonight. its home made... 2 1/2 inch stainless... ill take pics it might be ugly but it will work until lance finishes the LT's for our trucks.

[Wtfan18]

alright guys i need suggestions. so the motor and tranny are in the wiring is hooked up... the fuel pump comes on and i can hear the lines building pressure so that is all set. the problem is I cant get the starter to crank over... im kind of confused. i have power going to the starter and ive tried the starter soleniod wire from the 4.3 and the 5.3 and neither do anything... when you turn the key the relay "clicks" and does nothing... any suggestions???

[RedHeartbeat]

Charge the battery?

[pcmcobra]

good thread...
I am starting to wire up my swap right now.

[Wtfan18]

Charge the battery?

no i tried my dads battery and his is full of juice... im just not quite sure... ive tried the factory 4.3 starter solenoid wire... nothing... then i also spliced the 5.3 solenoid wire into the 4.3 solenoid wire under the fuse center and still nothing... i dont get it at all... i dont know if maybe i have a bad ground or whats going on. i bought the starter for 50$ at a salvage yard so maybe its junk? all my guages come on on the dash but the gas guage just MAXES right out LOL. im just not quite sure. my old mans going to look at it with me in the morning... so we shall see.

[RedHeartbeat]

make sure you have grounds to the engine block, the frame and the body. Test the starter outside the truck. Take it to a part store for testing or just bench test it with a battery, two battery leads and the starter. Run a jumper to fire the solenoid from the positive lead to the solenoid and see that it spins.

[Wtfan18]

well heres an update my dad put a wrench across the solenoid of the starter and it fired right up SOUNDS SICK! at 7 am this morning and woke my ass up lol. i was pumped so the starter is good but when i turn my key on in the dash the volts only go to a little above 9 but the batter is a good battery so i dont know if im losing power somewhere or whats going on im going to check all my grounds this morning. i would really love to get this figured out!