drtysohc

Like the title says...I installed my ignition setup (6BTM & blaster coil...96 Civic with a GSR swap) according to this website http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/msdbtm/msd.php and now the car isn't even getting spark. Obviously something isn't right. The only thing that i'm halfway unsure of is the white wire that connects to the white/blue wire on the distributer that is marked.

Taken from MSD's website on the white wire

There are two circuits that can be used to trigger the MSD Ignition;
a Points circuit (White wire) and a Magnetic Pickup circuit (Violet
and Green wires). The two circuits will never be used together.

White wire: This wire is used to connect to the points, electronic ignition
amplifier output or to the Yellow wire of an MSD Timing Accessory.
When this wire is used, the Magnetic Pickup connector is not used.

Another "problem" is that I am actually waiting for the timing switch, as the ignition box didn't come with it when I bought it from a member on here....although that shouldn't prevent the car from getting spark should it?

I'm going to go check the power/ground wires to make sure there is a good connection, and also see if i'm getting 12v at the ignition on wire.
Any help on what could possibly be wrong would be a huge help.


Modified by drtysohc at 11:58 AM 9/29/2007

robfrmny21

goes over ervything you did, you forgot some thing its always the lil things that count

drtysohc

I have another question too...is there any way to check and see if the coil/ignition box are bad?

drtysohc

alright, i went to go take my other distributer apart to compare, and I can't get the damn rotor off! wtfm8

does anyone have any advice for getting a stubborn rotor off?

DCSportEJ1Civic

i assume the screw is stuck? i had a new rotor with my msd. so i just broke the old one off and removed the screw with some vice grips.

drtysohc

no, i got the screw out, the rotor must be rusted to the shaft or something.

I am so damn frustrated right now.

DCSportEJ1Civic

yea theres a metal ring on the inside of the rotor. its prolly rusted. is say use a screw driver and try and wiggle the **** out of it lol.

drtysohc

alright, one more thing. On the white/blue wire and black/yellow wire, I just spliced in the wires outside the distributer because I didn't want to cut a hole in my cap. Could that be the problem?

SMOOTHN

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I bought my car with an msg ign bix and blaster 2 coil binstall and they cut the dizzy and had the wire inside... and it ran fine...

drtysohc

well alright then...i suppose i'll do what I have to do to get that rotor off so I can run it inside the dist. That's really the only reason that I didn't do it. I bought the dist. with the MSD cap and no internal coil....

ugh, this blows lol. auto parts stores should stock the rotor, correct?


Modified by drtysohc at 11:43 AM 9/29/2007

drtysohc

alright, I got the rotor off. So the white wire should go to the sensor inside of the distributer? i just want to make sure i'm doing this right...I really don't want to have to do it again.

btw, i'm really not a noob, i've just always left the ignition system alone on all of the hondas i've had...which was probably a good thing

drtysohc

alright, so I was looking at those pictures on that website, and my distributer doesn't even appear to be the same it is a p73, and it almost looks like the black/yellow and white/blue aren't in the same places as those pictures


Modified by drtysohc at 12:39 PM 9/29/2007

SMOOTHN

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yea they should have the rotor... I need to buy one myself. I am running stock dizzy right now... Stilldebating on whether or not to sell my ign system...

drtysohc

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SMOOTHN &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea they should have the rotor... I need to buy one myself. I am running stock dizzy right now... Stilldebating on whether or not to sell my ign system...</TD></TR></TABLE> do you remember what wire the white signal wire from the ignition box went to, or how it was hooked up? I just don't know whether i should splice the wire in, or just run it from the sensor in the distributer to the ignition box.

drtysohc

alright, i figured it out. w00t.


She's alive i never was good at following directions

SMOOTHN

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