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VN series 1 wiring issue - help please!

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Hi Folks,

I've now found myself part of a project where a group of guys swapped a 3.8l Buick from a VN series 1 into an off road time trials car.
After reading through the forums, it seems like we are having the same injector cut-out problem that presents with a dodgy anti-theft system. Problem for us is that we don't have the system in this vehicle since they only kept the motor, box and loom.

I've reached my limit of capability as an auto electrician without reference material available to work out a solution so am hoping one of the wiring whizzes on here can give me some options to bypass, short pin or bridge some wiring to get the injectors to fire.

Engine cranks, has spark, has compression, doesn't pulse injectors at all....
I know when I've found the limit of my capability and I simply haven't been exposed to this issue before so am hoping you all can help!
 
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.... Problem for us is that we don't have the system in this vehicle since they only kept the motor, box and loom....

And what is attached to the loom? Presumably the ECU (is that correct), what else?
 

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wire in a check engine light and see what codes there are if you haven't all ready or try another ecm i never scanned or collected the immobiliser drawing and lost the vn book long ago.
 

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wire in a check engine light and see what codes there are if you haven't all ready or try another ecm i never scanned or collected the immobiliser drawing and lost the vn book long ago.

That diagram should help a bit at the least.
Cheers mate!
 

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And what is attached to the loom? Presumably the ECU (is that correct), what else?
ECU, engine bay electrics (injectors, airflow sensor etc).
Had to separate the fuel pump wiring to power with ignition for that to work and after seeing the diagrams shared in this thread it seems like it was all because of the anti theft system.
I'll just try jumping it all together to power off a new fused ignition input and theoretically, it should all work as if the anti theft is correctly deactivated..... fingers crossed.
 

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Not a VN, or even Commodore, but I had a similar issue when doing an EFI swap from early to late style on my Range Rover. The later EFI has an inertia switch that cuts fuel in the event of a crash. I had to bypass the switch in the ECU and power the the fuel pump off ignition on source. The ECU only supplies power to the pump if the inertia switch is open, when the switch is closed, it grounds the supply and the ECU turns off the power to the pump. Now, the pump is on when the ignition is on.

The VN had a key switch in one of the door pillars that turned off the anti-theft. Or, bridge the pink/black to the pink to A6.
 
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