tricktoyz14
New Member
im about to the end of my wits with this car..
i cannot figure out why my pluggs refuse to fire,,
first here is the story of the car,
i bought a 1990 civic dx with a b18 and an s1 tranny in june of 2007
i flipped this car in august of 2007,
the engine was un harmed and still ran like a striped ape..
seeing the body was totalled i put the engine in a 1989 crx si body i bought from a friend,
this car had a b16 in it that they had raced.. i believe it had some kind of stand alone computer system in it..
but i bought the body and put my b18 in it.
the swap wasnt difficult and i wired the engine up.
put the computer from the civic, (from a 1990 integra)
into the crx, and i couldnt get the pluggs to fire..
i had someone come look at if for me.
and i didnt have the ground on the back of the wiring harness,
the one that hooks to the thermostat body,
hooked up.
we hooked it up and a few other wires that were loose and the pluggs started firing.
they did fine for like 3 or 4 hours. just long enought for me to get it started one time
then they just stopped.
i redid the grounds like three times.
replaced the distributor, the rotor button, the distributor cap, and the main relay,
(the one under the dash on the kick panel)
but still no fire,
i have no idea what else to do to get this thing to work.
its just been sitting for like 6 or 7 months and i want my baby running,
please if you have any ideas or suggestions anything is greatly appreciated.
i cannot figure out why my pluggs refuse to fire,,
first here is the story of the car,
i bought a 1990 civic dx with a b18 and an s1 tranny in june of 2007
i flipped this car in august of 2007,
the engine was un harmed and still ran like a striped ape..
seeing the body was totalled i put the engine in a 1989 crx si body i bought from a friend,
this car had a b16 in it that they had raced.. i believe it had some kind of stand alone computer system in it..
but i bought the body and put my b18 in it.
the swap wasnt difficult and i wired the engine up.
put the computer from the civic, (from a 1990 integra)
into the crx, and i couldnt get the pluggs to fire..
i had someone come look at if for me.
and i didnt have the ground on the back of the wiring harness,
the one that hooks to the thermostat body,
hooked up.
we hooked it up and a few other wires that were loose and the pluggs started firing.
they did fine for like 3 or 4 hours. just long enought for me to get it started one time
then they just stopped.
i redid the grounds like three times.
replaced the distributor, the rotor button, the distributor cap, and the main relay,
(the one under the dash on the kick panel)
but still no fire,
i have no idea what else to do to get this thing to work.
its just been sitting for like 6 or 7 months and i want my baby running,
please if you have any ideas or suggestions anything is greatly appreciated.