[93delsolzz]

I have a 1993 Honda Del sol SI VTEC, 71,000 miles, motor # D16Z6, distributor # TD-42U

My original distributor was stolen along with many, many other parts when my car was stolen and striped…that was a bad day. lol. After about 5 months of hard work it was back on the road.

My car was working fine for about a year and then at times it would not start. However after waiting 20 to 30 minutes it would start and run fine. This would only occur about once every 2 months. Since then it has progressively gotten worse (it would happen 2-4 times a month). Once in a great while the check engine light would come on and then the next time I used the car it would be off.
The last time it was running it did something a little different. It started and ran fine for a while and then it just died at a stop sign and wouldn’t start. After about 10 minutes it then started and ran fine all the way home. The next day however it would not start at all, and after waiting 30 minutes I tried again and later again, and still / now it will not start at all.

Car will not start.

No spark to plugs, wires, and off of distributor.

It is getting fuel.

Strong battery.

I checked all the fuses. All good.

I tried to get a code off the check engine light the way it says to on this website but the check engine light would come on and stay on when the key was either in the #2 and #3 (cranking) position.

I change the distributor with a 2nd hand one from eBay but still no spark and no start. I am pretty sure this 2nd hand distributor is also no good.

Can someone please tell me how to test the module in the distributor, the coil in the distributor and the wiring to the distributor? And also the range it should be within, and the volt /ohm / amp meter setting to test with.

The module has 4 connectors coming off of it (3 on the top & 1 on the side)

The coil has the +, -, & coil wire out of course.

The large wire connector has 7 wires:
1. yellow w/ green stripe------------goes to module in distributor
2. light blue w/ light green stripe-- goes to middle pick-up in distributor
3. peach w/ light blue stripe--------- goes to bottom pick-up in distributor
4. peach-------------------------------- goes to top pick-up in distributor
5. light blue w/ yellow stripe-------- goes to middle pick-up in distributor
6. white w/ blue stripe---------------- goes to bottom pick-up in distributor
7. white--------------------------------- goes to top pick-up in distributor

The small connector has 2 wires:
1. Black w/ yellow stripe------------- goes to module and +coil in distributor
2. blue----------------------------------- goes to goes to module in distributor

There is also a short wire from the module to the – coil.

All help will be greatly appreciated.

Aloha!