so i was doing a compression test on my car today, and there was this unit with it that you hook up to your starter pos. and neg. terminals, hit a button and its supposed to turn the car over without you having to get in the car and do it with the key.
well while hooking it up i accidentally jumped the connection between my starters pos. cable and the body of my starter, and it made a spark. i thought nothing of it and did the comp. test, put it all back together and now my car wont start, my plugs are getting no spark. i checked all the fuses and not a single one blew, and now im stumped.

what else could i have blown? something in my ignitions internals? coil or something? i dont know much about ignitions. its a B16 swapped into an 94 civic. thanks for any help.

CLIFF: no spark checked fuses/plugs. what now-?

 

Did you check the fuses under the hood?

 

if you didnt disconnect the dizzy, mostlikely your ignitor is fried

 

do you mean the ignition coil or the ignition control module.

also is there anyway to visually tell which one is blown?

thanks!

 

the ignitor, its inside the dizzy, the peice next to the coil with the 3 visible tabs with wires connected to. pull that out, and see if there are any hot spots on it

 

is the car turning over? if not maybe you forgot to plug that little pin back into the starter. it may sound stupid but you never know

 

yeah its cranking over. i also stripped the retaining screw that holds the rotor or whatever in place. damn im ******* up. oh well time to find a new dizzy....

 

don't buy a new dizzy just yet....you can save the rotor problem by cutting a slot in the screw with a piece of a hacksaw blade..then just use a large straight blade screwdriver and turn it slowly, make sure you have a good bite on the screw so you don't strip it again, you can pick up a new ignitor at most auto parts stores for $45-$100 go ahead and paypal me the difference.

 

yeah its cranking over. i also stripped the retaining screw that holds the rotor or whatever in place. damn im ******* up. oh well time to find a new dizzy....