"Alan" <nospam_alan@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks to all who took the time to help out with this problem.
> Ignitian
> switch sounds likely but if it were the switch why, when the problem
> occures, does it intermittently fire as I continuously crank the
> engine
> getting progressively more frequent until the engine picks up and then
> runs fine?

It could be because once the switch manages a good contact for some
time, the steady current flowing through the contact reduces the
resistance in the contact point, forming a decent enough contact till
you shut down and start again. Of course it is also possible that the
symptoms of a bad igniter are also similar. The only igniter proble
I've had was with a Toyota Corolla but there it went bad immediately as
if the ignition was turned off and the car had to be towed in. Nothing
like the intermittent problem you describe, but it could happen with the
Honda's igniter for all I know.
I just know that the ignition switch problem is quite common on certain
Honda models. I was told that by a Honda service advisor himself.

Rudy