I thought that I had a loose spark plug wire on the #3 cylinder. So I pulled it off at the dizzy, while the car was running, and then reconnected it. Something got FUBARed and the car died. An additional problem is that I have the edelbrock turbo kit, meaning that the ignition end goes to the edelbrock tuning link piggy back as well. So that could have been screwed up as well.

things i do know.

the IG (ignition i am guessing) fuse under the hood is not blown. I even swapped the lights fuse for it to make triple sure. I can not find any other blow fuses anywhere. could the ICM in the distributor be fucked up by the whole occurance? I am honestly pretty confused because the problem could be quite a few places and this is my dailey driver. Meaning i don't fix it tonight after work, i'll lose tomorrows work.
I think it could be one of the following. ICM in the distributor, the ECU itself, or the piggyback ECU.

are there any ignition fuses under the dash? my cover is gone so i can't really tell without pulling every fuse or getting a continuity tester.

 

You should not pull the spark plug when the motor is running because the spark can not go any where so the spark try to find a good ground so it spark the living sh*t out off the distributor. So I think your distributor is fu*k.

 

any other thoughts from anyone?

 

I also think it could be the dizzy...the coil most likely. Doesn't the standalone you talked about have its own fuse? I'm guessing you checked that. For the ECU you can take off the cover and look for a burn spot...it'll look like a small small bomb went off in one spot. Get yourself a continua...get a thing to teste current and do that. Man I'm tired.

 

sounds like you prolly fried something in the dizzy ... check the ignitor, coil, and then if those dont help i would try a new dizzy

also are there any CELs??

 

To further the honda tech bank of wealth I am updating this thread.

The distributor was the problem. I believe it is the ignitor (the electrical switch at the top of the dizzy that is trigger by the magnet on the center shaft) that died. It was cracked and appeared to be nonfucntional. I replaced the entire dizzy and she fired right up.

Thanks for the tips

 

i recently fryed my dizzy, you might just get away with rebuilding it, i borght a new coil ($120 genuine Honda coil, rotor arm $18 and new Dizzy cap, $30, and it runs like a dream now. check your coil and ht cap for burn marks

 

well i spent 160 for the whole dizzy, so....