swap question.

[Arm&hammer]

I have a 1998 honda civic ex. My car is obd2a. d16y8 motor
I'm looking at getting a 2000 honda civic ex d16y8 but it is obd2b.
From what i understand there is two wires that are missing in the engine harness to the harness that goes in the car. Rpm gauge and something else. what would i have to do to get the harness to work in my car?
With the obd2b harness the tach will not work, i will not be able to read engine codes, reverse lights will not work, and the radiator fan will not work.
what is the easiest solution?

[Bacon]

Couldn't you just run the two wires and use an OBD2B ECU?

[Arm&hammer]

i was going to use that ecu and that harness, but how would i run the wires and where?

[Bacon]

Sounds similar to running VTEC wires on a non-VTEC car...just run a wire or two from sensor to the point on the ECU. Find a pin out chart for the ECUs you are working with.

Others will know a lot more than me but that's what it sounds like.

[Arm&hammer]

i'm not trying to run it to the ecu; i'm trying to run it to the car. but i don't think that the dizzy has the wire that i need to run so i'm kinda stumped on this. and i can't use the obd2a dizzy because it will not plug into the obd2b harness.

[Arm&hammer]

i have the obd2a engine harness but it has been cut up so i don't really want to use it, would it just be easier to just use the obd2a ecu and harness on this motor?

[Bacon]

One of these may help :dunno:

OBD2 harness (http://www.boomslang.us/obd2to2.htm)

[Arm&hammer]

that's mad expensive. it would be easier and cheaper if i just switched the motor to obd2a. also one more question, is there any differences other than the harness between the 99-00 motor and the 96-98 motor.

[silversol]

yes you will need 96-98 harness the plugs on the car are not the same, the newer y8 will drop right in yes the dizzy plug is diffrent, just use the harness/ecu/ dizzy that the car came with