Re: '93 civic, engine cuts out while driving on highway ?

"Tegger" <tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "robb" <some@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Tegger" <tegger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Does it eventually restart?
> >> Igniter or coil. Most likely igniter.
> >
> > no, it did not and does not restart.
> >
> > Is there a way to test the ignitor ?
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> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/faq.html#startrun
> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/startproblems.html#badigniter
>

You got it Tegger,
Ignitor had failed *off*.  i connected it up with bulb trick  and
it would not switch , then i compared to a new one which switches
just fine.


One more question : when i lifted the distributor cap i found the
*spring* that sits between the coil and the distributor cap  ...
well the  top part was bent way over and appears that it was not
making the connection it should with the cap. *BUT* rather it was
just a spark gap.  There is a nice burned spot on the small metal
contact post that is up in the distributor cap

Ques:   Could that condition where the contatct spring between
the *Coil* and the  *Cap* is not connected cause stress on the
ignitor or thew coil and maybe cause pre-mature failure ?

my reasoning being that a spark gap was causing some parts of the
ignition system to work harder maybe due to less performance from
the double sparking that had to occur ?

thanks so much for the help ,
rob