mrsb1993

Summary:
Bought a 1993 Del Sol 1.5 on Saturday. Passed smog and got registered on Monday. Car died on Tuesday. Changed battery on Wednesday - Will not crank. Tested Alternator and Starter - Good. Checked timing - Good. Changed distributor (I noticed a lot of people talking about the control module within the distributor - didn't want to mess with it so I just changed the whole distributor) - Will not crank. Any ideas?

revhardallday

check your ground wires the big ones theres one from head to front radiator support and theres one from the tranny to the side of the fame near the tranny mount.

davefromPA

main relay, ecu itself, bad ground. three things to check off the top of my head

davefromPA

there is also one built into the wire harness that connects to the thermostat

mrsb1993

Ok. Grounds are all good. Bolted down nice and tight. Is it possible this car is a "lemon"?

revhardallday

yup make sure the one on the thermo housing is there too ive cars not starting because of it..

revhardallday

how did you check the starter?

mrsb1993

Alternator and Started checked at Autozone

mrsb1993

Is it possible the Alternator and/or Starter are bad, but for some crazy reason they passed at Autozone?

mikehawk

is it completely dead? does it turn over? fuel pump prime? does it make any noises when you try and start it clicking etc??

mrsb1993

When I turn the key I can hear the fuel pump click and the starter click, but that's about it.

No grinding nothing...

mikehawk

id replace the starter.

mrsb1993

Ok... installed new starter. Still will not crank over... ?

revhardallday

when you turn the key all the way all you here is a click from the starter?


try this take a jumping cable and connect one side to the negative side of the battery and the other side to the starter case and try to crank it.... if it cranks you have bad grounds.....

honda.lioness

Eliminate a faulty main relay using the quick checks at http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/start...html#mainrelay

Check all wiring connections of anything you have replaced or messed with recently.

Check for stored codes in your ECU.

Where did you buy the distributor? Check the exchange policy on your new dizzy and see if you can try another one. Bad ones are sold by accident from time to time.

Autozone staff unfortunately can definitely screw up alternator and battery checks.

Hondas are not prone to being lemons. It is more likely that something you did recently messed up the car a bit. Some simple little thing. The alternative is that the previous owner monkeyed with your new used Del Sol, and you have to undo whatever mischief s/he created.