Stranded, Car doesn't Start

[F20A CB7]

Community, i was headed home after going to the junk yard, as i was driving the car sputtered horribly and shut off, and did not want to start back up, i was stranded for 7 hours on the side of the road, til TRIPLE A came!

Luckly i had some extra knowledge with me my friend blubb2 and his brother, the problem rite now and what we found is, THERE IS NO SPARK WAT SO EVER.


On the spot we changed the ext coil to 2 other diff ones, checked for spark and nothing, we then changed the dist and still NO SPARK, it will crank and crank but will NOT start.


What else can i look for, maybe Ignition switch??

thanks.

[kapone]

ignighter in the distributor .... they tend to go bad after all these years. The one from advance or pep boys last about a year and cost around 60-80 dollars ...

the ones from Honda last about 10+ years and are around 120-150 ...

get the genuine Honda one if your planning on keeping the car for a while ...

[F20A CB7]

We changed to a diff dizzy and still no spark.

[SOHC-FTW]

We changed to a diff dizzy and still no spark.

Check all your fuses bud?

[BLUBB2]

We changed to a diff dizzy and still no spark.

Josh, we should check with my H23 dizzy I have in my garage, maybe my fuse 30A fuse in the coil plug didnt work...however it does work for my JDM motor. Also heres the thing, we checked spark off the external coil itself and got nothing but then again we switched it out for 2 others and STILL got nothing.

[BLUBB2]

Check all your fuses bud?

Honestly bro, which fuse would you check??....the only one I can think of is starter signal fuse but it was cranking fine but not firing up.

[old honda tek]

check all your grounds ,try a diferent cap and rotror .

[evil_demon_01]

Honestly bro, which fuse would you check??....the only one I can think of is starter signal fuse but it was cranking fine but not firing up.

ECU fuse.

[DunKrS]

Community, i was headed home after going to the junk yard, as i was driving the car sputtered horribly and shut off, and did not want to start back up, i was stranded for 7 hours on the side of the road, til TRIPLE A came!

Luckly i had some extra knowledge with me my friend blubb2 and his brother, the problem rite now and what we found is, THERE IS NO SPARK WAT SO EVER.


On the spot we changed the ext coil to 2 other diff ones, checked for spark and nothing, we then changed the dist and still NO SPARK, it will crank and crank but will NOT start.


What else can i look for, maybe Ignition switch??

thanks.

I encountered this same problem. It ended up being my igniter and coil. The 20 year old plug wires set up so much resistance that the coil burned through its coating instead of going to the plugs, and once it did, I'm guessing it fried the ignitor jumping all the voltage around in the distributor housing. Bummer deal, but with a Neighbor like Juan, I got a good ignitor and bought a new coil from Shmucks O'smileys, and I was back on the road after a week and a half of honda-less-ness. Hope this helps

[BLUBB2]

ECU fuse.

Alrite good thinking, although its most likely not the culprit but it wouldnt hurt to check. As far as grounds is there one near the thermostat housing?? We are going to try another dizzy soon. Im honestly leaning towards ignition switch as the cause, What do you guys think?

[nine_deuce]

Maybe the timing belt snapped? Did you check to see if the rotor was spinning when you turn it over?

[BLUBB2]

Maybe the timing belt snapped? Did you check to see if the rotor was spinning when you turn it over?

Im really not hoping that happened..lol but No, we will check that also.

[quickangel93]

what junkyard we're you at cus i think i saw u

[F20A CB7]

new ringgold

[F20A CB7]

the car bogged and sputtered before it died, from what i understand when a tb snaps u loose power instantly, also my idle was loopy also b4 it shut off