Hello Folks,

I bought an ABA engine conversion which can out of a Westy which was changed
over to Subie power. I had this in storage
until recently when my 88 Doka blew it's engine. I had a local shop to the
install. Everything pretty much bolted on aside from
minor drilling for the custom engine carrier. The engine failed to start. It
turns over; has spark; and has fuel. The mechanic insists
he triple checked the timing and firing order. He says the conversion wiring
harness has a couple of odd wires which looked like
they were cut but he cannot identify where they are supposed to go since the
harness builder supposedly switched colors when they
interfaced the ABA harness to the Vanagon harness.

I contacted the party who supposedly made the harness but was told I needed
to identify the original owner as that is how the
specific harness were in their files. Unfortunately, the person who
ultimately removed the engine conversion and subsequently sold
to same to me, is not sure who the former owner was. I got a name which did
not match up to the harness maker's harness.

Anyway, I can't understand why the engine won't at least start since there
is both spark, fuel and supposedly correct firing order. Are
we overlooking something obvious? By the way, this is installed behind an
automatic trans (w/o neutral safety switch) if that matters.

Thoughts?

TIA,

BenT