Oh god please help me. - Tuner-Junction

drummingpariah · #1 (**permalink**) September 28th, 2006, 08:35 PM

Oh man I almost cried driving today. I was driving the New Beetle (yeah, it's gay, so what?) because I needed to borrow a car to get my old CRX Si wiring harness of my totalled engine that's sitting in the trunk of the totalled Integra FOR the Integra engine which is sitting in my CRX Si engine bay. WHEW that was a huge sentence. Anyway, read it over a couple times, it makes sense. '91 Integra GS motor + '91 CRX Si = good times.
Back to why I almost cried. So here I am driving the gayest of all gay cars, and I drive by this gorgeous black '91/'90CRX Si that sounded like the flames of hell itself were fueling it. I mean, this thing was nasty. I waved, still thinking I was in my CRX, and he just looked at me funny. It's was like going to a party, seeing a gorgeous girl giving you looks all night, going up, saying hi, and finding out she's blind and never saw you anyway. Kinda makes you feel like an ass all-around. It was a sad moment. So that being said, I think I'm having withdrawls, I need my baby back.

NOW, mine doesn't start up because '91 Integra GS engine wiring harness + '91 CRX Si body wiring harness = bullshit!

So, I went and got those parts, and realized a few things...

1) My transmission shift linkage is bent a little bit toward the driver's side. Is this normal, and if not, is it a huge problem? I mean the part that's on the transmission-side of the bitch-pin.

2) How the hell do I wire up these vacuum lines? I know I saw a diagram for the B16a1 before, but can't find it for the life of me. I have both MAP sensors, but it looks like only the CRX one will hook up to the wiring harness. How do I make go wit the vacuum? Make go, make go!

6) Yes, I skipped 3, 4, and 5, what of it!

7) Does anybody have an Integra shift linkage (the two rods) that I can purchase for very little money, or does anybody have a junkyard nearby that has them? I live in New Hampshire, and one of the enduro guys buys up every one as soon as it comes in, because he keeps snapping 'em. Asshole. If I ever find him, I'm going to....

...

... well, probably just watch him go faster than I do, realistically.

8) Which axle for a b18 goes on which side? One has longer splines on the engine-side, is that driver-side or passenger-side? I have both, and both are different, and i'm very much so at a loss as to what I should do.

In closing, I'd like to thank everybody for putting up with my rant thus far, wish me luck hooking up the old wiring harness to the other old engine, and please let me know if there's anything I'm missing. I apologize for all the questions that have already been answered on a forum (or this forum) already, I just didn't have time to go searching for all of them, and I need to hear my car purr tonight very desperately. Hell, even if I just hear it sputter and cough, I'm happy.

ATISTANG · #2 (**permalink**) September 28th, 2006, 09:12 PM

as far as the vacuum lines go, as long as everything gets manifold vacuum you should be fine.
In other words, run them sensablely

drummingpariah · #3 (**permalink**) September 28th, 2006, 10:36 PM

is that really all there is to it? Does the wiring harness need to be shotened/lengthened in any way? I'm going crazy here, trying to feed the wires through. I really wish I had known about this wiring harness thing before I put the engine in and gave the hoist back.

ATISTANG · #4 (**permalink**) September 28th, 2006, 10:40 PM

I would leave the harness the lenght it is if it is long enough

drummingpariah · #5 (**permalink**) September 28th, 2006, 10:50 PM

I'm not sure if it is long enough, I put the two side by side and the lengths are definitely different. The b18a1 harness is longer. The d16a6 harness is shorter.

d3f4ult · #6 (**permalink**) September 29th, 2006, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by drummingpariah

I'm not sure if it is long enough, I put the two side by side and the lengths are definitely different. The b18a1 harness is longer. The d16a6 harness is shorter.

I would just use the SI harness and mod it for your needs. would probably work out LOTS better that way.

Dave

stjohnscrx · #7 (**permalink**) October 1st, 2006, 06:21 PM

i was told you have the make the factory shift linkage shorter from either car and as far as the wiring harness goes the si harness works fine

njn63 · #8 (**permalink**) October 1st, 2006, 10:06 PM

yeah, remember that the B18A wiring harness is for the Integra engine bay which i'm sure is a little bigger.

Shift linkage you'll either have to modify a Integra one or buy a hasport one.

drummingpariah · #9 (**permalink**) October 2nd, 2006, 11:24 PM

Ok I took the d16a6 (CRX Si) harness, wired it all up, found one pair of wires that goes to the A/C that's dangling now because I don't need it, one wire that goes to the o2 sensor (which isn't hooked up because the exhaust manifold isn't hooked up), and one pair of wires that goes onto the passenger's side of the engine block that didn't reach but I snipped some of the wire-tie that goes around the bundle of wires headed toward the o2 sensor to make it line up.

I still need to get the exhaust manifold, bolt that up, find a good diagram for hooking the b18a1 up to the d16a6 MAP sensor for the vacuum lines, hook up the vacuum lines, reinstall my battery, reinstall my intake, buy an integra shift linkage and shorten it to fit the CRX/b18 combo, purchase an Integra upper radiator hose (i installed the Integra radiator to simplify things), install that, reattach my axles and reassemble the suspension, fill my fluids, and try starting the car for the first time with this engine. Then I can find out what stupid little things I screwed up (like a wire I missed, or how I messed up the vacuum lines, or the shift linkage is too short/long, or something stupid like that) and correct whatever problems I've caused.

I lined up the CRX shift linkage (which is about a foot too short) and it should actually work with the b18a1 if I lengthened it. That won't be difficult if I just get some straight steel and add it into the straight part of the linkage (I'm just looking for ways to save money without losing any performance).

stjohnscrx · #10 (**permalink**) October 4th, 2006, 07:36 PM

dude to save you some time and money in the long run just spend the extra cash and buy a shift linkage from either hasport or check out avid racing where i bought my linkage from.
it would be better than sitting on the side of the road trying to figure out how your going to get home if it breaks. my 2 cents

drummingpariah · #11 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by stjohnscrx

dude to save you some time and money in the long run just spend the extra cash and buy a shift linkage from either hasport or check out avid racing where i bought my linkage from.
it would be better than sitting on the side of the road trying to figure out how your going to get home if it breaks. my 2 cents

Just means a little bit more that I need to save up for. There's always that little bit more though, and all the little bits add up so fast!

A_White_Gs-R · #12 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by stjohnscrx

dude to save you some time and money in the long run just spend the extra cash and buy a shift linkage from either hasport or check out avid racing where i bought my linkage from.
it would be better than sitting on the side of the road trying to figure out how your going to get home if it breaks. my 2 cents

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Originally Posted by drummingpariah

Just means a little bit more that I need to save up for. There's always that little bit more though, and all the little bits add up so fast!

Pay a lil more now or pay alot more later your call. youve been given some good advice.

triniskill · #13 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 09:14 PM

Idk if they still have it..but i payed 350 and got motor mounts and shift linkage for my b series swap in my crx.....
www.jdmshit.com

drummingpariah · #14 (**permalink**) October 13th, 2006, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by A_White_Gs-R

Pay a lil more now or pay alot more later your call. youve been given some good advice.

I was actually agreeing, but complaining at the same time. It just adds up so quickly is all. I've ordered the Hasport linkage already.

drummingpariah · #15 (**permalink**) October 24th, 2006, 11:29 AM

I still have a problem with the two oil lines gurgling oil out on top of the transmission. Anybody know what they go to? I've been looking through the Chilton's manual and they don't seem to have 'em.

stjohnscrx · #16 (**permalink**) October 24th, 2006, 06:08 PM

there are no oi lines running into a 5spd tranny thats only on the auto trannys and thoses lines run to the radiator. just drain the tranny fluid and you should be all set, if thats what you are talking about

drummingpariah · #17 (**permalink**) October 27th, 2006, 05:52 PM

There are certainly two lines going into my manual 5-speed transmission, right at the speed sensor. It's a b18a1, and upon comparing to a b18b we found that the b18a1 seems to be an isolated incident with these lines. I have pictures, I think and will post them if I find them.

Here are the actual lines.

they run in just under the throttle body, where the speed sensor meets up with the transmission.

stjohnscrx · #18 (**permalink**) October 27th, 2006, 06:45 PM

sorry i forgot about that, that is the speed sensor and i believe power steering went into that on the integra's. all you have to do is get one from a 5spd civic or crx and that will get rid of the lines that go into the sensor

d3f4ult · #19 (**permalink**) October 27th, 2006, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by drummingpariah

There are certainly two lines going into my manual 5-speed transmission, right at the speed sensor. It's a b18a1, and upon comparing to a b18b we found that the b18a1 seems to be an isolated incident with these lines. I have pictures, I think and will post them if I find them.

Here are the actual lines.

they run in just under the throttle body, where the speed sensor meets up with the transmission.

those are your speed sensitive power steering lines

If you had power steering in the car, it would become less touchy at speed. might save that particular part for a future project, eh?

drummingpariah · #20 (**permalink**) November 2nd, 2006, 04:15 PM

I do still have the power steering lines and pump, but I've never been a fan of it (even variable). I don't think I can remove it without removing the speed sensor, I'll just route the lines into each other, so I'm not pissing oil out all over the place.

I also failed to hook up the IVAC sensor, I can't find the wire on the CRX wiring harness (only because I'm not looking hard enough, I found it on the other CRX we have, and that's exactly the same wiring harness). I'm off to take care of those two things, replace the ball joint I fouled up because the axle was being difficult coming out, and I'm going to put some new fuel in there because she's been sitting for awhile.