Driving around 30 mph my tach drops dead kinda like when timing belt broke. I used my auto club to tow back to the shop where they did the timing belt. Turns out that wasn't the problem.

The guys says to leave it and he'll tell me tomorrow what was wrong. I thought "car with these guys + overnight = **** up something and rape this kid". I demanded they tell me what is wrong because when I went with the tbelt they were happy to diagnose in a minute.

There was no spark so they say maybe it's the dizzy or the main relay. All of a sudden they can't narrow my problem unless they have the car to themselves.

I called auto club and brought car home.

How can I tell if it's main relay or dizzy? Will the main relay from my other civic 2000 VP work in 95 EX


Modified by Ninety5Ex at 4:45 PM 2/22/2005

 

bump for help

 

check the numbers on the relay and see if theyre the same or call up your local Honda dealership and get the part #s for both.

Hopefully its just the main relay.

 

the main relay is above the fuse box right?

 

any ideas on pinpointing dizzy or relay?

 

Main relay is in the engine compartment.

 

****** mechanic told me it was under dash

 

how to tell? main relay or dizzy?

 

tach dropped dead...you tried cranking it...turns, but not over? Sounds like dizzy...same ol' shiets happend to me. The ignition coil went bad in mine I had problems since the new one and i recommend getting a OEM dizzy or one from Distributorking.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ninety5Ex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">****** mechanic told me it was under dash</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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well that "******" mechanic is correct it is under the dash by left side kick pannel by the fuse box. dont believe everyone u talk to on here cuz there is a lot of false info on here too

 

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well that "******" mechanic is correct it is under the dash by left side kick pannel by the fuse box. dont believe everyone u talk to on here cuz there is a lot of false info on here too</TD></TR></TABLE>

i wouldn't agree fully on that...that's why this is a forum...but technically there is TWO different fuse boxes...he probably just gottem mixed up...

but seriously...check your distributor

 

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i wouldn't agree fully on that...that's why this is a forum...but technically there is TWO different fuse boxes...he probably just gottem mixed up...

but seriously...check your distributor</TD></TR></TABLE>

with that being said thats fine and dandy that there is a another fuse box under the hood but thats not where the main relay is loacted

 

I just got a PDF civic repair manual and it's says there are 2. It says samething about fuel main relay then blah blah blah. I guess the ****** was a ****** after all.