Hi, this is my first post. It's really great to be here in amongst
all this AMC knowledge! Some of you may know me from when I lived in Colorado, no I haven't dropped off the planet.

I have an 81 AMC Spirit with a Borg-Warner T5 that I removed the 4.2
from and installed a 4.0 from a 90 Cherokee. You can see pictures of
my project at http://www.picturetrail.com/bowlamc

The transplant went great until it was time to turn the key - the
starter runs but no spark to the distributor. Everything ran great
when it came out of the donor Jeep.

The national AMCRC convention in Baltimore is in 2 weeks and I'd really
like to be ready to take this car but I'm having a hard time figuring
out what's wrong.

I have wiring diagrams of both vehicles, but I'm still confused.
Here are some questions I have:

1. What do you think are the most likely causes of my problem (so I
can attack those first and waste less time)?
2. What connections on the cabin side of the bulkhead connector are
required to make the engine run?
3. What is the "B+ latch relay" that the wiring diagrams refer to so much?
4. Other Jeeps of this era I see (and even in the manual's drawings)
have different connectors between the engine harness and the
bulkhead harness. Do I have some kind of special requirements or was
this a running change?
5. Is the bulkhead harness even necessary?

Thank you in advance for your help. This is the first time I've ever
attempted something like this so please be patient with me, and
hopefully you can make it to Baltimore and see the finished project!

Chad
Richmond, VA