1nsoman1ac

hello,

skipping right to the point, i have a 93 civic cx with a 96 ls swap.

i just installed an msd ss coil, cap and rotor. wired the black w/yellow striped wire (+) to the + on the ss coil, and the yellow one to the negative. tripled checked it to make sure. hooked everythign up, and when i was tightening my negative battery bolt, the ratcvhed fell and touched the positive and some of the terminal flew everywhere (melted).

but it was ok cuz my lights stil came on and stuff. so i hook everything up, and try to crank the motor. wont crank. the ss coil feels hot. and when i take off the negative wire and touch the terminal, theres no spark like usually. anyone know what it could be?

did i fry the ss coil? did i fry my starter? altyernator?

please help.

NVturbo

Make sure you didn't leave the two wires connected on the original coil (within the distributor). If so, your car will NOT crank.

1nsoman1ac

ok. i will any other places i should look?

cleansi

bridge your starter with a wire or screw driver ( without shocking yourself) and see if it cranks over make sure the key is in the on position c what happens

1nsoman1ac

how do u bridge it

1nsoman1ac

and by crank do u mean just simple turning over? or does the car supposed tio turn on?

NVturbo

with it still being connected to the original internal coil, the car will turn over...but will not crank....as in "run".

1nsoman1ac

um i took the stock coil out liek it said to. am i not supposed to? it said to take the stock one out...and just run wires out the cap from the origional coil wires and connect to the + and - terminals on the MSD coil.

NVturbo

You can actually still leave the stock internal coil inside the housing, but just keep it disconnected. So...what you're saying, everything in the car (headlights, radio, etc..) still works, but the car won't crank? Before you go out and buy unnecessary things, check the simple things first, such as your fuses.

1nsoman1ac

yeah just checked...the battery fuse is okay...its all ok...idk
and the headlights worked....i dotn have radio
i dont have anythign...no ps/pw/pm/ac nopthing

NVturbo

I know you may not want to do this, but you can always temporarily install back the old internal coil and see if it works.

1nsoman1ac

yeah i think im gonna do that...i just have to get the um cap
cuz mine was fuked up
liek one of the 4 um terminals i guess u call them? on the inside of the cap? the things that the rotor hits to send spark? yeah
well one of them was like bent at a weird angle./..pretty sure the rotor wsnt hittign it...so i think thats whay it was making a lot of sputtering sounds and u could hear the exhaust liek blowing out ****.

im tryign to get my gf to pick up a cap tomorrow
and il hook it all back in
i think i lost one of the screws that go intop the OEM coil to connect the wires...can i get hose anywhere? beside junkyard? cuz id have to buy a dizzy form them if i want the screws. lol

1nsoman1ac

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