So now that everything is in place, we've had a few troubles starting and stopping the engine.
To start it, using the ignition key wasn't working. for some reason, the wire isnt receiving a proper connection, but weve decided to figure it out later, as the larger issue at hand is stopping the engine.
With the key in the ON position, we took a direct connection from starter to the battery to start the engine. it turns on fine. but then once we put the key in the OFF position, the engine kept running, leaving use to block the airway to stop the engine.
It's strange that it wasnt working, so we got a Volt meter to check voltage. with the key in the ON position, it receives the 12volt reading, which is the needed amount to start. once in the OFF position, it received 1.3- 1.6 volts, instead of zero. The wire is getting a voltage from somewhere else, which is enough, we assume, to keep the engine running and ignition pumping fuel.
so for an alternative route, we used a 12v relay switch. The relay would have an internal switch that turns on, to allow power to ignition, when there is 12v or more form the battery. when there is less ( under 12v, so that includes the random 1.3 volts) the switch would shut off, leaving zero Volts to the ignition wire to the pump, shutting off the engine. once the wires were in their positions and grounded, as well as some volt meter tests, it looked promising.
we 'hotwire' started the engine again, letting it run for a bit, but once the key was put in the OFF position, the engine kept running. the ignition was still getting power and we couldnt figure out why or how.
we removed the relay switch, since that didnt work out and we looked for other possiblities.
the ignition wire is connected to the PCM which has other wires leading to many parts of the engines/tranny, and it could be grabbing some volts from there. i removed the center council trim of the trooper, and unplugged the 3 connectors from the PCM. after another ON/OFF runthrough, still no luck stopping the engine, leading us to unplug the wires for a shutoff
We tried using a restitor to shave off the volts, still giving enough volts to start, but not enough to keep it going, although that method didnt work out either, mostly because the resistor that we used wasn't strong enough.
This is a minor problem we came across in this conversion, and if only we knew some smimple answers, it would have been easily bypassed, but with some further investigating, we'll figure it out. stay posted!
