"TeGGer®" <tegger@istop.c0m> wrote:
> If the carbon contact was worn that much, then you've not had the cap
> replaced when it should have been replaced.

Strange, because I took the car to every scheduled maintenance job (at
7,500 mile intervals) to the Honda dealer and to oil changes in-between.
I paid a fortune for those maintenance jobs.
I would expect them to take care of such things.

> The ignition system is strong enough to allow a spark to jump that
> gap,
> which is why the car ran OK. Forcing the spark to jump that gap throws
> extra load on other ignition components, perhaps one reason you had a
> distributor failure.

I don't know ... It looked more like an oil seal problem than
electrical one.

> Stalling during starting is a common Honda problem and is unrelated to
> idle
> speed. Please describe exact symptoms.

Interesting, because it did not stall before this maintenance.
The symptom seems to be showing up mostly when I start the car when the
engine is still warm and put the shift from Park to Rear or Forward
gear. That gear shift seems to slow down the idle to the point of
stall. I think I'll take the car to the same shop tomorrow to fix this
because it could be a safety issue if the car stalls as I move into a
main street from a Stop sign.

> The full-warm idle speed in Drive is around 750rpm. In Neutral it'll
> be
> around 1K. When cold it should idle about 1,500-1,700rpm.

This one idles around 1,100 when cold.

> If you're stalling at 700rpm, you've got a different problem.

Perhaps I am mistaking that notch on the odometer for 750 when it's only
500 or 600.

Rudy