I have a stock 93 civic hatch DX....and i have the hayes book for my car....yesturday i couldnt get my car to start; by push starting (cluctch dropping) or jump start....than i pulled out the wire in cylinder 1 and plugged in an extra spark plug to check spark, and the car started rite up but i shut it off to remove the extra spark plug and from there on i couldn't get it to go back on...i started looking at the ignition wires and distributor....the book states that the firing order is and in my car the 1 and 2 spots are switches; but i never had problems with the motor until yesturday, and with cylinders 1 & 2 on opposite ends of the stroke i dont see how thats possible

so should i fix the order according to the book or should i leave it the way it was??

also does any1 have idea/suggestions on wit wrong wit my car cuz i still can get it to start

 

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This is obviously for a B-series, but the order is the same. The distributor is just positioned slightly differently so that "1" is more near the 9 o'clock position.

 

no 2 pics that i've looked at are tha same!!!!

1) ^^^ from my Haynes Manuel
2)^^pic above
3)
4) << this pic puzzles me cuz if u follow the wires from the cap to the cylinders the numbers dont even match up

 

lol for a second i thought so too...follow from cylinder to cap...it works

 

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??? no i think they really are out of order in the pic....the most obvious is the wire from cylinder #2

 

Just follow the photo I posted and you'll be fine.

 

they are out of order in that pic. lawl.

 

ok i replaced the dizzy cap and rotor and the wire; plugs are still good....and i'm still not getting spark &lt;&lt; the firing order distracted me but my real problem is that i can get the car to start up....i tried checkin 4 spark yesturday by pluggin in an extra spark plug into the ignition wire for cylinder #1 and tha car started right up, but i shut it off to pull the spare plug out and since then the motor just cranks and cranks but no fire.....so i got new wires and the distributor cap and rotor but still no luck