Honda Car Forum

I have a 1987 Honda Accord, manual transmission and a carburetor engine.
Yesterday I drove off from my home and in less than 50 feet the car started
to jerk, jerk and jerk. Then it came to a stop. The engine turns over but
it does not start. What do you think might be the problem? What should I
check?



Lex

"||" <sl@npspam.com> floridly penned in
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> I have a 1987 Honda Accord, manual transmission and a carburetor
> engine. Yesterday I drove off from my home and in less than 50 feet
> the car started to jerk, jerk and jerk. Then it came to a stop. The
> engine turns over but it does not start. What do you think might be
> the problem? What should I check?
>




Check the level in the carb float bowl sight glass, which would be on the
side of the float bowl.

Is it empty?


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"||" (sl@npspam.com) writes:
> I have a 1987 Honda Accord, manual transmission and a carburetor engine.
> Yesterday I drove off from my home and in less than 50 feet the car started
> to jerk, jerk and jerk. Then it came to a stop. The engine turns over but
> it does not start. What do you think might be the problem? What should I
> check?
>
>
>
> Lex
>
>


When was the last time the distributor rotor and distributor cap changed?
Hondas from the 80's need to have the cap and rotor changed when the spark
plugs are changed. I was stranded once (after farting and bucking my way
home, car died in the yard and would not start) when I skipped the cap and
rotor change when I changed my plugs once on an 1987 carb Accord. The
rotor had failed after about 45000 miles. It had a crack in it and was
shorting the juice to the distributor shaft. SOB... the car behaved like
it had ice in the gas. Weather conditions at the time were prime to
produce ice in gas lines. 3 hours of trying to figure out what the hell
was wrong, I swapped in an old rotor (the one I took out 45000 miles
before) and VARROOM the sucker started!

New rotor, cap, and oil change (oil diluted from the flooding) and I was
back in business.


M.A Stewart

(Please don't e-mail cf005...all mail is bounced by the SPAM filter)

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If you can?t get anything fresh from the hospital, nursery, or morgue;
you can at least get rid of all the leftovers in your refrigerator.

1 - 2 lbs. cubed meat (human flesh, chicken, turkey, beef...)
1 -2 lbs. coarsely chopped vegetables
(carrots, potatoes, turnips, cauliflower, cabbage...)
Bell pepper
onions
garlic
ginger
salt pepper, etc.
Olive oil
butter

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place in baking dish, layer with vegetables seasoning and butter.
Bake at 325° for 30 - 45 minutes.
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Show off with whole roasted children replete with apples in mouths -
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