Trouble starting

[Pandemic]

Here's the deal. My car either starts up immediately or it's a major PITA to get going. Monday It'd start, but then stall out. I turned the key on/off 10-15 times and it'd do the same thing. I pulled the ECU fuse for 15 sec or so and then it started.

Today, same thing. Pulled the fuse but this time it didn't make a difference. Eventually I got it started but... wtf?!

Any ideas? Spark plugs? Wires? Distributor?

[noobcake]

i had the same issue a while back, and it was the dizzy.
but i had ruled it out completley because i had just changed the igniter and figured it was fine. so after a few days of fighting it, i threw on a spare dizzy that i had laying around. and it started right up.

so just do what you can to rule things out. like change dizzy, make sure its getting fuel, pull a junkyard main relay and throw it in, borrow a freinds ecu. easy stuff.

[Pandemic]

Easy stuff as long as you have friends with CB7's :P

[buckysaccord93]

i would replace all the easy things that could be the culprit right off the bat
1. plugs
2.wires
3.dizzy

if thats not the problem its most likely a fuel issue

[Pandemic]

Sounds good. I can get plugs and wires easy enough but does anyone have a working dizzy for sale?

[Pandemic]

What's the first thing I should try? I'm thinking coil or distributor but... yeah they're pricy.

[AaronRVegas]

before you start buying parts and throwing your money around recklessly, go buy a multimeter and check to see if the component is bad before replacing it. i bought a multimeter for $5. any part you replace inside the distributor will cost 10x that easily. just a fyi if you change the whole distributor you will have to reset your timing, which can be difficult for some people.