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im just trying to find the jumper for the CEL , cant find it j.w if u guys know where its located on a 88 civic , its not under the dash , 88 civic converted to OBD1 , got a CEL and Vtec isnt workin , any help will be appriciated thnks

zman

like i said in your other thread, the service connector on that car is under the hood, on the drivers side near the shock tower, its a small 2 wire plug.

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yeh i checked but its not there :S

zman

well there is only 2 locations for the service connectors on civics, either under the hood (like on 88-89 CRX's) or under the dashboard under the passenger side kick panel. They can sometimes be tucked up and away out of sight. They usually are incased in a big green shrouding, all you do is remove it from the green shrouding and jump the connector, its there, u just have to really look.

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yeh i found it , i put the paper clip in it to put the ignition on and the CEL just stayed on ? , im using a p28 chipped with 2step , could it be my ecu ?

zman

usually if the CEL stays on with the service connector jumped that means the ECU is fuct or the chip in it is bad.
Are you sure you've got the paper clip in the plug all the way and its making good contact?
If the ecu was fuct, it'd be stuck in limp mode, meaning, it won't rev past 4000rpms and its slow as hell, or it wouldn't start the car at all.

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yeh the paper clip is in , but honestly i think the jumper is not connected , cause the whole cars been rewired, so iuno its a p28 with crome and 2step revlimiter , everythin works pulls hard just wont hit vtec and wont rev past 7k rpms , and the car starts, 2step works, so im not sure bro

zman

i see you're in hamilton, so am i.
If you want i can plug in my tuning ecu/laptop into your car and read the code.

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yeh that be great , ill give u a call today