Please Help!!!!!

[knorwj]

Ok so I am currently installing a clutch and flywheel in my car. If you guys have noticed we are currently getting hit with a huuricane in new york so i had no electricity so i finished working with a flashlight tonight. And i accidentally hooked the battery up backwards then turned the key on to roll up a window. Well I started smelling some ozone in the car and realized what was happening so i shut the key off and checked the battery realized what i did and fixed it. So now everything is finished. all i have left to do is adjust the pedal under the dash. I have about 4 inches of freeplay in the pedal when i should only have about 3/4 inch or so. Now I can't open my door far enough to work on the pedal cause of crap in my garage, so i decided to start it up and back it out a little to do it. Well anyway she won't start she won't even turn over? battery is not dead. The lights in my dash come on but thats it. no cranking. (starter is installed correctly.)

Did I fry something by hooking up the battery backwards? shouldn't fuses have blown first? Or is it just because the clutch isn't adjusted yet so that safety thing isn't engageing and allowing me to start the car?

If ANYONE has any ideas I would love to hear them
(by the way feel free to call me a dumass for the battery thing )

[GundamExpo]

If you smelled ozone something was probably arcing.

Good luck

[knorwj]

i just thought of this. could I have fried the starter??

well i hope not, hopefully its just the clutch cable adjustment

[GundamExpo]

Did you smell anything else other then ozone? Perhaps a burning smell? You might want to look over the electronics in the car, see if something looks burnt.

Sorry, I dont know enough about cars to offer you more then simple advice.

[dirty91crx]

seriously doubt u fried the starter...the starter can spin either way with no prob. you may have frid the ecuu or the main relay...anything that is sensitive to voltage may have fried....damn dude good luck with that.

[GundamExpo]

The starter is always engaged to the fly wheel right? Can the engine spin the other way?

All hell breaks loose with electronics when you run reverse current though it.

[dirty91crx]

starter gear needs to be modified to spin the motor in reverse...it can be done. ive seen desiel generators engines modded to do that. all u need is a new cam.

[sameintheend01]

i think it is your alternator. If you hook up your battery backwards it gets fried.

[darkaccord]

If you normally have to press the clutch down, you probably didn't reconnect a ground or something. I'm not sure how that works but the car probably thinks the clutch isn't down.

[knorwj]

Originally Posted by sameintheend01

i think it is your alternator. If you hook up your battery backwards it gets fried.

what would a fried alternator have to do with the car not starting as long as the battery is charged?

[90CRXZCSi]

the reason its not starting is because the clutch pedal is not in contact with the switch. To make myself more clear, hondas wont start with out the clutch pedal engaged and to the floor. If you have 4" worth of play, you need to rebleed it. Once you rebleed it, the car should start. If you need some help on rebleeding it, reply back in here or send me a PM and id be glad to help.

-Bryan

[jcrx]

^^^^ Exactly, if you just finished putting in a new clutch, you need to bleed and refill the clutch lines, no pressure, no contact, no start.

[knorwj]

Originally Posted by 90CRXZCSi

the reason its not starting is because the clutch pedal is not in contact with the switch. To make myself more clear, hondas wont start with out the clutch pedal engaged and to the floor. If you have 4" worth of play, you need to rebleed it. Once you rebleed it, the car should start. If you need some help on rebleeding it, reply back in here or send me a PM and id be glad to help.

-Bryan

'93 has a cable clutch not a hydraulic? so isn't there nothing to bleed?

so if what I think you are saying applies to hydraulic clutches then would the same apply for a cable? all i need to do is adjust the cable?

[whtteg]

I thought that the clutch safety switch was under the dash behind the clutch pedsal on the braket that it is attached to, but I have never had to mess with mine so I dunno. But I would go ahead and adjust the clutch, then see what happens. I fstill no start then I would recheck every single electrical connector that you had to mess with during the clutch install. Then if still no start then I would chech the starter solenoid on the starter.

[dirty91crx]

my clutch saftey switch is under my dash hooked up to my clutch pedal....as with almost all hondas. so explain to me how bleeding the clutch will affect starting?