no power to distributor

[CRX_quicktimes]

after i swapped the d16z6 in my crx i am getting to spark from the plugs i am guessing im not getting power to the distributor at all. i do get interior light and everything else? any ideas i really want this running tonight!

[CRX_quicktimes]

*no spark from plugs

[J.Dub]

bump for a friend

[Nate]

What distributor are you using?

[J.Dub]

stock

[Slow96GSR]

Stock what? B118c1, ITR, CTR... OBD1, 2, 0?? There's like a hundred Honda Distributors!! Are you talking about the stock one for a d16z6, what year, is there a OBD-0, 1,or 2?

[J.Dub]

obd 1
sorry

[ComputerJLT]

obd 1 wiring or stock crx? the obd1 distributor will not work with an obd0 computer. different number of teeth on the cyp sensor and other stuff

[J.Dub]

he has the Rywire obd 0 to obd 1 covension?

[J.Dub]

he also has a OBD 1 computer.

[CRX_quicktimes]

i have have stock d16z6 with stcok distributor i believe it is the p28 ecu but not positive ive not good with that stuff but andd the wiring matched i may just need a new distributor

[ComputerJLT]

on the crx side of the wiring there are two white wires going into the distributor; on the obd1 harness there is only 1 white wire. Try swapping those two white wires.
One wire is for some sensor and the other wire is the wire from the ecu that tells the ignitor when to fire. That one is kinda the most important.

[CRX_quicktimes]

that wouldnt have been covered in the conversion kit i bought?

[Nate]

What engine harness are you using? Did you buy distributor adapter plugs if you are using your CRX wiring and an OBD1 EX Distributor?

Write a flow from your ECU to the distributor and make sure you are using a P28 ECU.

does it go P28 - OBD1 to OBD0 conversion - wiring harness inside the car - engine harness - distributor plug adapter - distributor?

[ComputerJLT]

all obd1 ecu's are created equal; any of them will fire off an obd1/2 distributor.

[CRX_quicktimes]

all the wiring is correct i believe i am just haveing a malfuction in the distributor, might have to buy a new one

[J.Dub]

bump!

[ComputerJLT]

still haven't figured it out?

pm me and i'll come check it out. I haven't met an electrical issue i haven't been able to tackle.

[marcrx5]

do you know for sure you don't have power to the dizzy, or do you just have no spark and assume there's no power reaching it? When I did a swap for my friend, we weren't getting any spark, and after rechecking my wiring (which was good) I found it had a bad coil in the dizzy he bought off ebay. Swapped in a new (actually I think we swapped it from is other engine) coil and it ran perfect. It's easy to get sucked into thinking it's a wiring issue on a swap (because it usually is), but sometimes you just have to keep it simple stupid.

[CRX_quicktimes]

i checked all the wiring to the "dizzy" with the power reader thing and the plug into it is getting power but i am creating no spark, my wiring harness is from rywire.com, im gonna look closer at it this weekend when i get more time.

[CRX_quicktimes]

its the coil, i found out 80.00 replacement anyone got one laying around let me now even just a spare distributor

[ComputerJLT]

i have two coils back in texas; both work but have weak spark up top :-/

[CRX_quicktimes]

ya im hitting up the pull and save tomarrow

[Nate]

You won't find a distributor at pull n save. Where are you located?

[CRX_quicktimes]

120th and colo, why wont i find onthere?

[CRX_quicktimes]

will any distributor fit my car as long as it is a obd1 or does it have to be from a d16z6 or what?

[ComputerJLT]

will any distributor fit my car as long as it is a obd1 or does it have to be from a d16z6 or what?


any distributor after the vaccum advance ones will have the same ignitor and coil

[Nate]

120th and colo, why wont i find onthere?

They get pulled about the first 5 minutes they are in the yard.

[CRX_quicktimes]

oh

[ComputerJLT]

i may be going down to texas this weekend i'll grab all my spare honda electronics.

[Nate]

I'll see what I can find in my garage, what exactly is the coil? I thought it was the ignitor that always went bad in Honda distributors.

[ComputerJLT]

ignitors and coils go bad about even.

the ignitor is the white chip branded hitachi iirc the coil is a bigger black or grey odd shaped plastic block with a few terminals and a high voltage terminal on it

[CRX_quicktimes]

sweet thanks

[CRX_quicktimes]

replaced the coil still a big no go any other ideas, ecm is getting good Ohm's all the way around

[Martian]

Have you done the good old screwdriver test on the plug wires to make sure your not getting spark?

[CRX_quicktimes]

yep, no spark to the plugs, thanks though

[ComputerJLT]

ygpm