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Is there another spot somewhere that is not in the loop of VATS are anything locking out the ignition source to kick the starter?
I have only the accessory side of my harness running the lights and stuff up front, the other half of the harness for the engine is yanked out as im running the holley dominator. Due to that the stock starter wire is dead.
For my situation.. Only using half the stock harness to run the lights, blinkers, horn, etc... the PCM harness and everything that is with it is yanked out to where it connects over the passenger side fender. Using the Holley Dominator to control the engine, fans, etc.. So, without everything connected the VATS and tranny was keeping the starter relay from kicking over... ended up grounding the yellow/black wire and running a 12 gauge wire off the purple wire to the starter, thats under the relay up front. The green wire is for the safety park/neutral switch by the shifter so that was still intact and she fired right up.
Good info, I am still using most of the factory harness but will be in the process of wiring my th400 swap and tying my ARC 8000 into the factory harness to delete my factory column... may need some of these tips.
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