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I have been having trouble with my 93 Civic starting after a rain.
Considered all the most likely candidates and bought/replaced plug
wires, distributor cap and rotor; still no go! Then, I noticed that the
2" protrusion on my coil was completely GONE! Probably broken off from
becoming brittle/ heat crystallized. Also, there was no d-cap o-ring
when I started; go figure. Anyway, now my new problem is that I
disconnected the 2 wires from the coil leading to the ignitor and don't
remember which goes where (duh)! To add insult to injury, one of the
wire's terminal ends broke and a contact screw is stuck in the old
coil. Got the new screw/nut, new coil, new terminal end. Now, (help) -
can someone please tell me which wire goes where when reconnecting to
the ignitor. The 2 terminal ends are the ones on the ignitor closest to
the coil. Thanks

The two drawings at
http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id5.html should
help you to identify and correctly connect the wires.


<rowoo2@hotmail.com> wrote
>I have been having trouble with my 93 Civic starting after
>a rain.
> Considered all the most likely candidates and
> bought/replaced plug
> wires, distributor cap and rotor; still no go! Then, I
> noticed that the
> 2" protrusion on my coil was completely GONE! Probably
> broken off from
> becoming brittle/ heat crystallized. Also, there was no
> d-cap o-ring
> when I started; go figure. Anyway, now my new problem is
> that I
> disconnected the 2 wires from the coil leading to the
> ignitor and don't
> remember which goes where (duh)! To add insult to injury,
> one of the
> wire's terminal ends broke and a contact screw is stuck in
> the old
> coil. Got the new screw/nut, new coil, new terminal end.
> Now, (help) -
> can someone please tell me which wire goes where when
> reconnecting to
> the ignitor. The 2 terminal ends are the ones on the
> ignitor closest to
> the coil. Thanks
>

rowoo2@hotmail.com wrote in news:1164836314.356374.165250
@l39g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:

> I have been having trouble with my 93 Civic starting after a rain.
> Considered all the most likely candidates and bought/replaced plug
> wires, distributor cap and rotor; still no go! Then, I noticed that the
> 2" protrusion on my coil was completely GONE! Probably broken off from
> becoming brittle/ heat crystallized. Also, there was no d-cap o-ring
> when I started; go figure. Anyway, now my new problem is that I
> disconnected the 2 wires from the coil leading to the ignitor and don't
> remember which goes where (duh)! To add insult to injury, one of the
> wire's terminal ends broke and a contact screw is stuck in the old
> coil. Got the new screw/nut, new coil, new terminal end. Now, (help) -
> can someone please tell me which wire goes where when reconnecting to
> the ignitor. The 2 terminal ends are the ones on the ignitor closest to
> the coil. Thanks
>


The + side of the coil (black with a yellow stripe) goes to Terminal 3 of
the igniter.

The - side of the coil (white with a blue stripe) goes to Terminal 2 of the
igniter.

Photos here:
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ignit...ion/index.html


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Thanks to all who offered assistance: Fired right up! New plugs wires,
plugs, d-cap, rotor, and coil. Hopefully this will keep her running
nicley for a good bit.
Elle wrote:
> The two drawings at
> http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id5.html should
> help you to identify and correctly connect the wires.
>
>
> <rowoo2@hotmail.com> wrote
> >I have been having trouble with my 93 Civic starting after
> >a rain.
> > Considered all the most likely candidates and
> > bought/replaced plug
> > wires, distributor cap and rotor; still no go! Then, I
> > noticed that the
> > 2" protrusion on my coil was completely GONE! Probably
> > broken off from
> > becoming brittle/ heat crystallized. Also, there was no
> > d-cap o-ring
> > when I started; go figure. Anyway, now my new problem is
> > that I
> > disconnected the 2 wires from the coil leading to the
> > ignitor and don't
> > remember which goes where (duh)! To add insult to injury,
> > one of the
> > wire's terminal ends broke and a contact screw is stuck in
> > the old
> > coil. Got the new screw/nut, new coil, new terminal end.
> > Now, (help) -
> > can someone please tell me which wire goes where when
> > reconnecting to
> > the ignitor. The 2 terminal ends are the ones on the
> > ignitor closest to
> > the coil. Thanks
> >