Greetings,

I have a 1993 Mitsubishi Mirage with the ECI 1.5 engine. I rebuilt
this engine at 217K and it now has 275K on the odometer! Anyway, the
car stalled on the way to work so had it towed home. In the past I had
a timing belt loose some teeth and slip timing; so one of the things I
checked was the belt which was OK. I replaced it anyway while I had
everything apart. In the process the timing marks got a bit misaligned
but no apparent valve damage as all cylinder compression tested at or
above 150; all with 5 psi of each other.

I also checked for spark and found none. A mechanic told me two things
that he sees frequently go out in Mitsubishi's; distributors and ECUs.
Since the pickup coil is inside the distributor (could not check)I
ordered a new distributor from Distributor King for $200. I put the
new distributor on and was able to start the car. However, the engine
is now running rough (bucks at idle - misses at any other rpm). I
double checked the timing and the continuity on the plug wires, which
are almost new and good quality. I'm not certain I had my analyzer set
on the correct Ohm setting, but I checked it on a copper wire and got
a zero reading, then checked each wire measuring at 5 each.

I set up my induction timing light and got a good pulse on #1 and #2.
The firing order is 1-3-4-2. I have the proper plugs at the dist
starting with #1 at the 9:00 position, then #3 etc. triple checked)
However, #3 and #4 have intermittent flashes leading me to believe the
distributor I purchased has a bad pickup coil.

I understand the ECU will just flat out fail but I need to check it to
be sure, but I don't know how to do this. How do I check this for
error code?

Long story, can anyone verify my methods or suggest what else I can
test before I try to return the distributor?

Thanks