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[JP]

Hi there my first post so please be gentle

I'm not sure this is the right place but please point me in the right direction if not.

I am currently installing a 1800 TD intercooled engine from a 1994 escort into my old VW Bay Window and require some help with the wiring.

I had a complete car and removed what I hope is everything I would need to get it running in my bus.

I have the engine in place



and am now attacking or attaching the loom to it with the aim of getting it running again.



I have attached what I think I needed but all I'm getting is an airbag light and a faint battery light on the orig Escort dash. There is no kicking of the starter when I turn the key all the way but can get it to spin if I short the started using the screwdriver method.

I believe the 1994 escort engine is pre-imob and all that so wondering what I need to look out for. I had a standard Escort 1800 Diesel in the bus before this and the wiring just consisted of the glow plug relay thing and it was up and running.... this engine has TPS and various other plugs on it which I'm not sure what I need to do about.

I'm thinking I maybe lacking an earth or 6 as there seems to be lots of them on the loom but I guess there maybe more to it.

Thanks in advance.

[JP]

Video Alert...

OK I kinda gave up with the wiring through the original loom/fusebox in favour of just firing it up. So I basically wired up the glow plug relay manually and shoved some live to the starter.

This is a video of it firing up albeit only briefly... battery gave up the ghost after this attempt.



After this excitement I set about stripping all the insulation off the loom so I could track where the wiring from the engine was going. I found that one of the wires on the TPS (need to double check what colour think it was green and brown) looks like it's been snipped so didn't go anywhere grrrr, 1 went to earth (brown) and 1 went back to the fuse box.

Also one of the wires on this had been snipped and was going nowwhere... can someone confirm what this is please?



Still a bit of work to do me thinks... can some recommend where I might get some decent wiring diagrams for this as the haynes manual I have for the Diesel engine doesn't seem to cover the wires I'm interested in.

Thanks again.