Recently, my 97 civic hatch (stock) was not been starting.
it works fine with the push start (push car in 2nd and floor it), but the ignition won't work. i haven't had a mechanic look at it cause it'lll cost mad $$. My dad and i took apart the starter (most likely that) and we have tried testing it. Most tests have failed, but my dad would like to find the Ignition Coil so he can do another test. Does anyone know where that is located? or Can any one give a diagram for me?

if you have answers to my questions, or anything helpful in my time of need would be appreciated.

eddie

 

The ignition coil is located inside your distributor. Just take off the distributor cap and the dust cover underneath and you'll see the coil.

 

u should just buy a new distributor and starter and it should work fine

 

DON'T MESS WITH THE DISTRIBUTOR. If the battery is good and all your grounds are tight, you probably just need a starter. If you fool with the distributor, you can mess something up that's very expensive.

 

djeddiebear, I have posted a detailed response with diagrams on how to remove your distributor and how to test it, including the ignitor and coil, in the EG Civic forum. Here's a link to it...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=109139

 

THANKS EVERYONE!!!

i fixed it..

took off starter, and tested it at local shop. it was alryte, except it was pushing over twice the amount of amps than its suppposed to. i put it back on, and tried again. DAMN person before me did a bad wiring job with ignition, that was the whole problem all along.

thanks for help

later