On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:43:41 -0700, Michael Pardee wrote:

> "mcgyversteve" <none@000.com> wrote in message
> news:953828_3cd908ba7ffbb8642a86d32e7cb7d238@autob oardz.com...
>> please help!! i have a 1993 honda accord. i bought it off a ladie who
>> started it went in the house and forgot she left the car running, when
>> she returned it had stopped and it has not started again since. it did
>> not run out off gas.i pulled a plug and did a spark test and it does
>> not have any spark. it cranks over OK put will not fire. what do you
>> think?
>>
>>
> Not a lot to go on, but the major suspects for "no spark" are few. Read over
> the whole "Starting/Running problems" section at
> http://tegger.com/hondafaq/faq.html#startrun for a good run-down. I favor
> the ignitor having failed (because it happened to my daughter's '93 Accord),
> but I wouldn't rule out the coil.
>
> Mike

My experience in this matter is all detroit steel, but every time this has
happened to me, it was a coil.

The ignitor seems to be sort of common for the Hondas, so I would inspect
both...