Greetings all.

I just joined, and i hope this question is appropriate and in the right place, etc. I apologize in advance that i am unfortunately pretty clueless when it comes to cars.

My bulletproof 1994 Accord LX sat for many months, and then when i went to resuscitate it, naturally wouldn't start. It didn't turn over at all, not even a click. Put a new battery in it, which helped as it seemed like it wanted to crank, but still not turning over.

As a fluke, somebody at the house looked at it and spotted a connection that was hanging loose, unconnected at one end. He moved it a bit and suddenly the car cranked! It was like some sort of magic, but unfortunately it's not consistent in starting the car.

I don't know what to call this little connector, which doesn't seem, to my inexperienced eyes, to line up properly to connect to anything. I have taken a couple of digital images of this area under the hood in the hopes that folks here may be able to help me with this.

Is it best to post a link to the pics? If so, here it is:
Flickr: ahscrewit03's Photostream

I'll also try and insert one of the images:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25052330@N06/9509927537/http://www.flickr.com/photos/25052330@N06/9509927537/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/25052330@N06/, on Flickr

Many, many thanks in advance. I'm really in a tough spot here with this car, and hopeful you can help.

Cheers,
-js

 

You may need to change the access of your pictures, so that it is publicly viewable.

 

Thanks, workin on it...thought it was already that way.

Does this load?

DSC00817 by ahscrewit03, on Flickr

 

That's the ignition coil wire. Plug it back in at the distributor cap, where the spark plug wires are at the cap.

 

See attached pic.

 

redbull-1, thanks very much for your response. I'm afraid i'm totally ignorant here though, so if i post a pic of a larger section of the area, you might be able to point me in the right direction.

MUCH appreciated!

DSC00820 by ahscrewit03




In this pic, the coil is connected at the center of the pic, and running straight down the middle of the image, disappearing, unconnected, toward the bottom-center of the pic.

Thanks!
-js

 

Hi, I just posted another pic. before your last post of how it should be reconnected.

 

Finally able to view the pic....thanks, i'm out there looking at the area right now.
-js

 

Well, thanks for the pic, but....i'm just not any good with cars at all, and can't find anything out there that looks like the illustration. Will try again...
-js

 

I'm sorry, i just don't see ANYthing to connect it to. There are four black wires (spark plugs?) that converge on one vertical face of what i guess is the distributor (cap?), but there is nothing else between them, no post or anything i can see to connect anything to.

I appreciate your efforts, but i just don't see anything.

thanks,
-js