khawks

I am chasing down a no start condition, getting spark and fuel pressure ~40 psi. I recently replaced all 6 injectors with remans from rock auto, replaced a cracked knock sensor, replaced the IACV solenoid and harness, pulled off the old cracked tape on the fuel injector wiring harness, inspected the wires and rewrapped the harness. Got it all back together and now have the no start condition. I have the dizzy pulled and with the fuel pump fuse pulled and the coil wire shorted to ground, i can hear the injectors faintly clicking when i rotate the dist. so i could not get noid light working on #1, then pulled the #2 injector harness off (and even though i knew better that damn clip ended up below the lower intake manifold...grr i am unable to get my noid light to even flicker on either #2 or #1 inj harness. my noid light does work with 12V directly applied. So i am suspecting a bad ground condition and got as far as Ef & EC-78 box C and failed continuity check NG says to check joint connector-A 259M. please help me find that connector.

The solenoid on my 94 pathy VG30E was dead/open. I ordered a reman IACV for a sentra in the hopes that the solenoid would fit/work. You could just splice the 2 wires or order an sentra connector pigtail. these two items do the trick. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2VBQ2SX?th=1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08YNNZQKG? it appears i have not earned enough cred to post pics yet

The FSM states to check knock sensor by checking for continuity between pin e of the harness and ground. page 137 of EF & EC continuity should exist. Well it does not, pin e is the signal wire, there is no wire at all for the ground side of the sensor in the harness, even though the Hitachi/Asimo or whatever new name is has two pins on the knock sensor. (my old KS was definitely bad/cracked) Did prior years use a 2 wire harness? Just wondering why the FSM is in error unless I am missing something? I have read various opinions on whether the ECM adjusts timing based on KS signal/voltage. I would think that is the entire point of having a KS and I know from experience in subaru EJ25s that they run just like my pathy does right now if the KS is bad. First time on a VG30E for me. I am chasing down intermittent stumble and lag like so many have posted before me. Failed emissions high HC and CO, all plugs black, and you can see it in the tailpipe and smell it. The solenoid for my AAC is bad as well, ordered a sentra AACV in the hopes the solenoid might fit. temp sensor is nominal, temp gauge nominal, MAF clean and nominal, swapped distributors no change. I have reman injectors from rock auto but am waiting on the sentra AACV part before installing. If it doesnt fit I plan on plugging up the vacuum lines and manually adjusting idle. Kirk.