I have a 94 civic 5spd and whenever the car reaches around 3000 rpm, my tachometer needle starts jumping around. By jumping around i mean the needle will shoot from side to side or will shoot from like 3 to 6000 really quick. When it does this the car feels like it's bogging out. Iv'e been told that it is a problem from the distributor. When my friend popped it open it looked like it was in good condition. I just don't want to go buy the wrong part. thanks.

 

Your friend is probably right, the tach jumping is usually a sign of an ignitor getting ready to go bad. They can be had from your local parts store for about $40, While your in there you may as well replace the coil too, they go for about $50. And if it's been a while you may as well do your cap, rotor, plugs and wires too.

 

were can you get a ignitor for 40$ i went to autozone they didnt even have one but there price was 170$.

 

What if your speedo is doing this? jumping around at high RPMS sorry to be a post stealer

 

its the dizzy, just buy a whole new one, Ive wasted about $200 trying to fix the old one and a new one can be bought at autozone for $180

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 95civickid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">were can you get a ignitor for 40$ i went to autozone they didnt even have one but there price was 170$.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Huh, we can get them from NAPA around here.