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

robb wrote:
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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 ?
>> 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
> 

quite possibly, although the igniter should be able to cope with full 
open circuit discharge.  it's academic at this stage - you need a new 
distributor cap and rotor, and you already have a new igniter.  now 
you'll be set for the next several years.