I just got done with round 2 of the Head swap tripple checked everything..

When I turn the Key forward the security light comes on, and so do the two blinker arrows..

The battery doesnt show charge ( my battery is ran down so Im jumping it off a buddie's car) But with the key turned forward Its not showing anything on the gauges like Battery charge, Gas in the Gas tank..

Well I turned it over and sprayed starter fluid in there it rumbled..

When I turn the key off.. The all the guages peg out then slowly fall back down to 0

 

did you hook up the grounds on the back of both heads

 

mine only had grounds on the back of one head.. There should be two ground wires correct?

 

Mine and ssunset's had gounds on each side

 

If all of the grounds are not hooked up it will NOT run right. Ask me how I know that one.
3 ground wires total I think.

 

It wont run at all let alone run right.. It might be a security issue.

the injectors arnt openning

 

Bob, believe me when I say all the grounds not being hooked up will make it not run. I'm trying to save you some hardship here by letting you use my bad experience. When we did heads on Rod442s formy he thought that he had all of the grounds hooked up. Well it wouldn't start or would start for a second and ran like pure crap. We got out the Helms and did trouble shooting for a whole day and tried everything. Some guys over at LS1tech said that it was probably a ground issue so I got out my mirror and flashlight. Lo and behold one of the ground wires on the drivers side was just laying there it had fallen off of the bolt as Rod had tried to start it. Bolted it up and the car started the first turn over and ran great.

 

I think these guys are def. on the right idea here. as I recall, there are 3 wires, wo on one head, one on the other on the backside of the head. if it has enough juice from the jump to crank, its not a voltage issue, and, if it were a sec. related problem, the sec. light would be BLINKING. indicating that the system in activated. solid light is normal with key on eng. off. do you hav a small dentist mirror? if not go buy one and use a flashlight to see behind the heads. Im goin to look it up when I get to work, but I dont have internet available to me at work to reply here.
if you want, I can fax you a diagram that will show where the grounds go. call my cell if you'd like me to fax you some illustrations or diagrams so you can double check.
chris

 

AL YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! GROUND ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD BROKE OFF!~! FIRED RIGHT UP

Had to pull the manifold to get it though.. worth the half hours work though.

 

told ya

 

sweet

 

see, the mistakes that I make do help other people, lol.