Car Wont Start

[lefty13lefty]

Hey Neone Got Any Suggestions, I Bought A 91 Civic Hb And Motor Turns Over But Has No Spark, I Changed The Distributor Cap And Rotor Bug And Plug Wires And Still Nothing, At First U Could Tap On The Distributor And The Car Would Start But Now No Spark At All, Someone Told Me That It Could Be The Ingnition Coil, I Dont Know Of Anyting Else It Could Be If U Could Please Give Me Some Advise And Another Thing, Will A Vtech Fit In The Car, I Dunno Some People Told Me That The Motor Mounts Wont Line Up And That It Was Impossible To Put A Vtech In It But Some Told Me That It Would Line Up Perfectly. Lemme Know. Thanks, And I Also Have A 92 Grand Am 2.3l Sohc For Sale, The Motor Knocks But It Does Run, I Think Its The Rod Bearing And Wristpins, It Has A New Heater Core And Has 2 New Front Tires, The Body Has Some Dents And The Interior Is Pretty Clean, Im Was Asking $600 For It Kellybluebook Says Its Worth $835 But Ill Take $500 For It, Call Me On My Cell If Ur Interested, (816) 509-6247. My Name Is Clint

[livinincalifornia]

well it's possible you have some bad wiring in there somewhere, or your ignitor is going out. Any codes? Check the light on the ECU under the carpet on the passenger side and count the blinks..you can put a "vtec" head on the block, it's called a mini-me swap, do a search in the forums for it, lots of info on it..there are no motor mounts attached to the head (lol!!)

[amy@af]

to add to what livinincalifornia said...

if it is the ignitor or coil there is a way to check for spark. pull 1 spark plug out and ground it to something like the valve cover. have somebody crank the car while you watch for spark. no spark = something to do with the dizzy....which is either bad wiring or coil/ignitor.

if you don't do a search within this forum you can also stop by www.4thGenerationCivic.com in the engine section there are the most common swaps into a 4th gen (including sohc & dohc vtec)

[lefty13lefty]

thanks that really help, and i have pulled the spark plug thats how i know its getting no spark, i do recall there being a wire attched to a connector blade and the rubber boot that covers it had been cut off at the top, do u think that it could be grounding out the rotor bug so it wont arc to the cap, im not sure but i think its that, ne other suggestions let me know