Help! ZC distibutor wiring

[Chen]

could that have been my problem in the very beginning instead of a bad dist.?

[civickiller]

that sort of does sound like a main relay. what happens is the soldering crack and when it gets hot it splits so there no contact so it doesnt start. usually waiting like 10 minutes fixes the problem. but eventually it can get bad enough where the car wont start at all.

what you could do is if you have a friend with a 88-91 civic or crx you could borrow theirs and see if its that or not

[Chen]

Crap dude. That's it. Main relay. I started searching online to read a little about the relay and came to this page: http://www.marklamond.co.uk/howto/el...main-relay.htm It described my symptoms perfectly.

I figured out the wiring after cheking out this page:
http://thenew.gamesbbs.com/~dmoore/zc-phase3.htm

I pretty much wasted $200 on a distributor, but that's ok. Now I have two good ones. I got the distributor all wired up and the car starts good and runs good, except for the relay problem (still intermittent). I have to order the relay so I won't get it in for a few days. Thanks for all your help man, I really appreciate it. I never woulda thought about the relay.

Anyone who wants my old dist. can have it for $100

[Chen]

Crap dude. That's it. Main relay. I started searching online to read a little about the relay and came to this page: http://www.marklamond.co.uk/howto/el...main-relay.htm It described my symptoms perfectly.

I figured out the wiring after cheking out this page:
http://thenew.gamesbbs.com/~dmoore/zc-phase3.htm

I pretty much wasted $200 on a distributor, but that's ok. Now I have two good ones. I got the distributor all wired up and the car starts good and runs good, except for the relay problem (still intermittent). I have to order the relay so I won't get it in for a few days. Thanks for all your help man, I really appreciate it. I never woulda thought about the relay.

Anyone who wants my old dist. can have it for $100