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Old May 29, 2006 | 09:57 AM
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I've tried everything, jumping the car, fuses, checking fuel pump, starter, etc car just stopped running one day... I changed the coil, spark plug and spark plug wires... nothing...... heres this vid of what it sounds like

http://media.putfile.com/Prelude-Starting-Problem
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Old May 29, 2006 | 10:01 AM
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you change the cap and rotor? How about the battery connections? Another thing it could possibly be is your ignition switch
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Old May 29, 2006 | 10:03 AM
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not the actual connections I've changed the battery and cap and rotar I changed not to far back about 2 months ago
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Old May 29, 2006 | 10:05 AM
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Next thing I can think of is maybe your ignition switch
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Old May 29, 2006 | 11:01 AM
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I have the same problem.
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Old May 29, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JSpekBB4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've tried everything, jumping the car, fuses, checking fuel pump, starter, etc car just stopped running one day... I changed the coil, spark plug and spark plug wires... nothing...... heres this vid of what it sounds like

http://media.putfile.com/Prelude-Starting-Problem</TD></TR></TABLE>

so it's still not sparking then?
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Old May 29, 2006 | 12:56 PM
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yeah no spark
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Old May 29, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JSpekBB4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah no spark</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do you have any friends in you area that could swap
distributors with you to see if that or the icm is the problem?
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Old May 29, 2006 | 03:10 PM
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no don't know to many people here and I'm not sure what dizzys work with my car like off of other cars, cuz mine is external coil... and apparently most dizzys are internal
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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UPDATE.... head seized.... looking for new engine, cheaper than fixing the head
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 08:38 PM
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^^That sucks! Ya wait all that time to find out that it's #*($#ed up!


«-- **Has one for sale..**
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