How old's the ignition coil?

I'd try to do a check of it early on. Dying when
braking--then being able to restart it after a cooldown
period, at least until the coil fails completely--is a
symptom.

I know you have a lot of experience with Hondas. This is
just where I'd start, based on the car's age and symptoms.

"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote
> This evening (yes - Christmas eve) my daughter's '93
Accord LX (225K miles)
> suffered a short bout of engine failure. She described it
as surging a
> couple times when she tried to accelerate, then the engine
died when she
> braked. I quizzed her about the tach and she was clear it
was jumping rather
> than swinging with the engine. It didn't start right away,
but would sputter
> occasionally and eventually lit off as though flooded
(which it probably was
> by then).
>
> The Main Relay and ignitor are each about a year old (but
both are NAPA
> aftermarket, since the car insists on breaking down on
Sundays and
> holidays). The timing belt is 4 years, 60K miles old. My
son and I replaced
> the radiator about 2 weeks ago, so I am wondering if we
stirred up evil
> spirits in the process of that. He bled the system
carefully, but a leak in
> the lower radiator hose attachment may have let air in. I
haven't done a
> visual inspection yet, but will in the morning.
>
> What comes to mind? Ignition switch? Some particular
underhood wiring?
> Distributor? Something I'm forgetting? She is committed to
driving to San
> Diego in a week or so and I'd sure like to sort this out
by then.
>
> TIA
>
> Mike
>
>