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yoshio006 · 10-29-2002, 12:35 PM

can a reluctor on the distributor just break and dissapear?....there is none on mine anymore and maybe thats why my car wont start? can anyone give me anymore info on this thing. My lude is just one prob after another for me

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yoshio006 · 10-29-2002, 12:43 PM

maybe Im spelling it wrong...but its what the rotor attaches to on the distributor?

DirtyLude · 10-29-2002, 01:23 PM

I assume you're talking about the trigger wheel. The magnetic trigger is also called a reluctor.

What year is your car? 97+ only has the one tooth CYP sensor in the distributor and it looks pretty empty.

http://www.higginstribe.com/gallery/...e=DSC00053.JPG

Comparied to an OBD1 distributor:
http://www.higginstribe.com/gallery/rebuild/index.php?image

ld-dissy1.jpg

You need to give more information about the problem. Are you getting a CEL? Is it sputtering, or not even catching.

EDIT: Well, the retarded message translator translates some of the characters in the second link to a smiley face, so it doesn't work. It'll take you to the picture index, though and you can find the picture old-dissy1.jpg.

[Modified by DirtyLude, 4:24 PM 10/29/2002]

[Modified by DirtyLude, 4:26 PM 10/29/2002]

yoshio006 · 10-29-2002, 03:49 PM

yeah..thats what I was talking about...is this weird that it just disapeared? Oh well now I got to spend 350 for another distributor

yoshio006 · 10-29-2002, 03:52 PM

oh and the motor is an h22a4...its in my 92 Si 4ws

4bidden · 10-29-2002, 03:54 PM

check ebay for a new distributor...there is a guy on there selling some replacements very cheap...his name is flying_pat or something like that

DirtyLude · 10-29-2002, 06:29 PM

What are you talking about? You mean you don't even have the single wheel at all? You should only have the single 1 tooth wheel in your H22a4 distributor. The other 2 magnetic triggers have moved to the crank in the H22a4.

yoshio006 · 10-29-2002, 06:32 PM

no wheel at all...its gone

DirtyLude · 10-29-2002, 06:37 PM

All I can say is Wow.

yoshio006 · 10-29-2002, 06:40 PM

Quote:

All I can say is Wow.

no shit...from looking at it..it blows my mind..where did it go...how does it break

Vtec GSR95 · 10-30-2002, 09:51 AM

i believe you ahve an OBD-2 distributor........i think they only have 1 reluctor in the distributor........OBD-1 has more because the crank position sensor is in the distributor too. i do have one laying around if you want it. i will let you have it really cheap. let me dig it up and get a pic for you.........if your interested. let me know. thanks

frank

Lazarus555 · 11-03-2009, 03:01 PM

Please post when you figure out what the problem is!
Maybe you can look around the transmission... maybe the piece fell out there.

jlude90 · 11-03-2009, 04:27 PM

Hopefully he's fixed the problem in 7 years

10-29-2002, 12:43 PM	#2
yoshio006 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 102	Re: Reluctor on the distributor (2point6) maybe Im spelling it wrong...but its what the rotor attaches to on the distributor? __________________ Back to the Basics

10-29-2002, 01:23 PM	#3
DirtyLude New User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 996	Re: Reluctor on the distributor (yoshio006) I assume you're talking about the trigger wheel. The magnetic trigger is also called a reluctor. What year is your car? 97+ only has the one tooth CYP sensor in the distributor and it looks pretty empty. http://www.higginstribe.com/gallery/...e=DSC00053.JPG Comparied to an OBD1 distributor: http://www.higginstribe.com/gallery/rebuild/index.php?imageld-dissy1.jpg You need to give more information about the problem. Are you getting a CEL? Is it sputtering, or not even catching. EDIT: Well, the retarded message translator translates some of the characters in the second link to a smiley face, so it doesn't work. It'll take you to the picture index, though and you can find the picture old-dissy1.jpg. [Modified by DirtyLude, 4:24 PM 10/29/2002] [Modified by DirtyLude, 4:26 PM 10/29/2002] __________________ DirtyLude Mark Higgins Toronto Prelude Club

10-29-2002, 03:49 PM	#4
yoshio006 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 102	Re: Reluctor on the distributor (2point6) yeah..thats what I was talking about...is this weird that it just disapeared? Oh well now I got to spend 350 for another distributor __________________ Back to the Basics

10-29-2002, 03:52 PM	#5
yoshio006 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 102	Re: Reluctor on the distributor (yoshio006) oh and the motor is an h22a4...its in my 92 Si 4ws __________________ Back to the Basics

10-29-2002, 03:54 PM	#6
4bidden New User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Chandler, AZ, USA Posts: 2,391	Re: Reluctor on the distributor (yoshio006) check ebay for a new distributor...there is a guy on there selling some replacements very cheap...his name is flying_pat or something like that __________________ -Jeremy 5gen Prelude short shifters coming soon - sign up here to be notified!

10-29-2002, 06:29 PM	#7
DirtyLude New User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 996	Re: Reluctor on the distributor (4bidden) What are you talking about? You mean you don't even have the single wheel at all? You should only have the single 1 tooth wheel in your H22a4 distributor. The other 2 magnetic triggers have moved to the crank in the H22a4. __________________ DirtyLude Mark Higgins Toronto Prelude Club

10-29-2002, 06:32 PM	#8
yoshio006 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 102	Re: Reluctor on the distributor (DirtyLude) no wheel at all...its gone __________________ Back to the Basics

10-29-2002, 06:37 PM	#9
DirtyLude New User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 996	Re: Reluctor on the distributor (yoshio006) All I can say is Wow. __________________ DirtyLude Mark Higgins Toronto Prelude Club

10-30-2002, 09:51 AM	#11
Vtec GSR95 Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mattoon, IL, United States Posts: 455	Re: Reluctor on the distributor (yoshio006) i believe you ahve an OBD-2 distributor........i think they only have 1 reluctor in the distributor........OBD-1 has more because the crank position sensor is in the distributor too. i do have one laying around if you want it. i will let you have it really cheap. let me dig it up and get a pic for you.........if your interested. let me know. thanks frank

11-03-2009, 03:01 PM	#12
Lazarus555 New User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 5	Re: Reluctor on the distributor Please post when you figure out what the problem is! Maybe you can look around the transmission... maybe the piece fell out there.

11-03-2009, 04:27 PM	#13
jlude90 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Brandon, FL, US Posts: 829	Re: Reluctor on the distributor Hopefully he's fixed the problem in 7 years __________________ A good name is greater than great riches. -Willie Mae

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