The electrical comedy of errors continues under the hood of my '88 Plymouth Reliant K 2.5 "TBI".
Ever since I connected a new battery backwards (and created a small fireworks display), I've been trying to trace the disconnect, with no success so far.
I've managed to start the car by pushing down on the starter relay arm (definitely not something I would have thought of by myself) and the engine starts, runs and kicks down.
I've opened the main fusible link, cut out some melted segments of wire, and patched it back together to the best of my very limited abilities.
Turning the key in the ignition makes all kinds of clicking noises under the hood.
It just doesn't start the cussed car.
As my initial post indicated, I've tested the car's ECU/SMEC with a digital multimeter and got all kinds of numbers; I've replaced a dead starter relay and checked my error codes faithfully ("11," a "12" and a "55", without variation).
As before, I'd be most grateful for the advice and input of my more knowledgeable friends out there in the great wide world of K-Car-ness.