I have an '88 Civic DX and it developed a starting problem. It cranks
and fires up fine but immediately dies. This is intermittent (for
now). After several tries or some wait it would start and run just
fine.

I've read about the main relay issue and pulled the relay but at first
glance all solderings seem fine.

Also when this happens when you turn the key to the ignition position
(one before the crank position) there are no lights on the instrument
panel. When everything is normal those check lights would stay on as
they should with the key in this position.

This makes me think that maybe it has a bad ignition switch ?!? Could
this be the case or this could still be the Main Relay? How could I
test and tell for sure?

Thanks!