I have been having trouble with my 93 Civic starting after a rain.
Considered all the most likely candidates and bought/replaced plug
wires, distributor cap and rotor; still no go! Then, I noticed that the
2" protrusion on my coil was completely GONE! Probably broken off from
becoming brittle/ heat crystallized. Also, there was no d-cap o-ring
when I started; go figure. Anyway, now my new problem is that I
disconnected the 2 wires from the coil leading to the ignitor and don't
remember which goes where (duh)! To add insult to injury, one of the
wire's terminal ends broke and a contact screw is stuck in the old
coil. Got the new screw/nut, new coil, new terminal end. Now, (help) -
can someone please tell me which wire goes where when reconnecting to
the ignitor. The 2 terminal ends are the ones on the ignitor closest to
the coil. Thanks
Elle - 29 Nov 2006 22:03 GMT
The two drawings at
http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id5.html should
help you to identify and correctly connect the wires.
>I have been having trouble with my 93 Civic starting after
>a rain.
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> ignitor closest to
> the coil. Thanks
rowoo2@hotmail.com - 01 Dec 2006 02:17 GMT
Thanks to all who offered assistance: Fired right up! New plugs wires,
plugs, d-cap, rotor, and coil. Hopefully this will keep her running
nicley for a good bit.
> The two drawings at
> http://home.earthlink.net/~honda.lioness/id5.html should
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> > ignitor closest to
> > the coil. Thanks
Tegger - 30 Nov 2006 00:28 GMT
rowoo2@hotmail.com wrote in news:1164836314.356374.165250
@l39g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:
> I have been having trouble with my 93 Civic starting after a rain.
> Considered all the most likely candidates and bought/replaced plug
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> the ignitor. The 2 terminal ends are the ones on the ignitor closest to
> the coil. Thanks
The + side of the coil (black with a yellow stripe) goes to Terminal 3 of
the igniter.
The - side of the coil (white with a blue stripe) goes to Terminal 2 of the
igniter.
Photos here:
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/igniter-operation/index.html

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