Hi folks,

I have a question for the Honda Guru's.

I recently purchased a 91 accord with the timing belts snapped.

I have replaced the belts, all the seals head gasket (cleaned the carbon off the valves and head), replaced 2 bent exhaust valves.

My issue is that I am not getting spark.

I have resoldered the main relay as this is a common fail point. I have fuel pressure.

I recently went to a junk yard and grabbed another distributor with a small amount of lateral shaft play.

After installing the new distributor and making sure all the timing marks are at TDC. I fire up the car. The car runs smooth for about 3 minutes. When I hook up my timing light to adjust the timing, I move the distributor a hair and the car stalls. I am not able to restart as I no longer have spark.

I pull the distributor and now I have more lateral shaft play. I also have aquired vertical shaft play.

My old distributor had both lateral and vertical shaft play.

I am aware of the distributor recall in 93.

Is it possible that I could have been the victim of another bearing failure?

What else could cause a distributor to wobble after a few short minutes and cut out spark?

Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post.

 

Take the Dist. Cap off and see if the rotor is wearing the cap from all of the play in the dist shaft.

 

I did check the cap. There is no wear on the cap.

I should clarify....

The shaft play is on side that connects to the camshaft.

 

I would check the wiring for damage. There is also a ground that is bolted to the thermostat housing ( I think) that should be checked that it is secure.

 

The wiring was checked for damage prior installation and there was no damage

The ground was not missed as I cleaned it and connected it during the head installation.

I did grab another distributor this morning.

I will install it and see if it fires up.

 

You did check that the dist rotor moves when you crank the engine?

 

Yes. A non moving distributor when the engine is turning means a broken timing belt. I just replaced the timing belt.

The problem is solved.

I was the victim of another faulty distributor.

When I put the new distributor in she fired on the first crank.

Now I just need to install the rear wheel cylinders, brake lines.

 

Curiously wondering, was that a new distrb you put in or but another used one from a salvage yard ?

 

Ahh.... I should have been more specific. When I said "new" it was new to my car. :lol:

It was another distributor from the junk yard. I had a 90 day exchange or store credit. The pre owned distributor only cost me $20.00 with all the electronics inside it.