How old (miles and years) are the spark plugs? Are they
genuine Honda parts?

Same questions for the ignition wires, and distributor
rotor.

Is the new distributor cap a genuine Honda one?

If you don't know, replace all of the above with genuine
Honda parts. (People have tried non-genuine parts in the
ignition and posted here. They don't last as long and are
detrimental to the ignition coil, IMO.)

Check for spark. See www.tegger.com/hondafaq for how to do
so.

Side note: This car has points? I checked Majestic's parts
site, and two distributors come  up for this Accord. One
shows something called an igniter but that looks more like
points (but I've never had points in my hand in  my life;
just going from rough memory of pictures). Over $150. The
other shows the usual electronic igniter (also for over
$150).

Majestic also says the 88 has a main relay. It's under "Fuse
box-relay-horn."

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"pabloonya" <thinkaboutit162005@yahoo.com> wrote > i have a
1988 honda accord lx  im having a problem getting it started
it