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Old 05-11-2009, 04:43 PM
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The bearings went in my original distributor so I bought a used distributor from a 1992 Civic D15B7. The outer case was different on the D15B7 dizzy so I just swapped the internals over to the old one. Went to fire up the car but it won't start. It is producing a strong spark, but I am wondering if the D15B7 dizzy internals won't work with a B16A due to firing order or timing. Anyone have any insight?
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If you have spark, maybe the plugs wires are not in proper firing order.
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Default Re: OBD1 B16A distributor problem

Originally Posted by Slo_RSX
The bearings went in my original distributor so I bought a used distributor from a 1992 Civic D15B7. The outer case was different on the D15B7 dizzy so I just swapped the internals over to the old one. Went to fire up the car but it won't start. It is producing a strong spark, but I am wondering if the D15B7 dizzy internals won't work with a B16A due to firing order or timing. Anyone have any insight?
Probably a timing difference, you can buy just the bearing btw, just not from honda, take the old bearing to a place the specializes in things like bearings and seals and get them to match it up.
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