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Old 11-20-2003, 05:22 PM
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no spark to the engine

So I',m not getting any spark so I went out and bought a new distributor and I'm charging the battery. but I forgot how to line up the spark plug wires could someone help me out
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Old 11-20-2003, 05:26 PM
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forgot to say that I have a d16z6 and an 90' distributor. also does anybody have any good pics to help with the timing.
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Old 11-20-2003, 06:42 PM
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Re: no spark to the engine

Start at the bottom left hand corner, when you are looking at the top of the cap, it goes:

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Old 11-20-2003, 07:38 PM
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Re: no spark to the engine

Also, what have you done? Is it a recent swap? etc...
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Old 11-21-2003, 05:49 AM
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I;ve had the swap since summer. Its been running like a champ until about a week ago and then it just shut done in the middle of my drive.
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Re: no spark to the engine

it could be your coil that went out. You'll need a new distributor cap. I think it might of takened out ur rotors also. Same thing happened to be 5 months ago.
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