Had the car idlieing, pull the plug wire from each plug, one at a time, i was checking to see if there was a change in idle, just checking to see if everything was good i guess, but anyway. I got to cylinder #3, and as I was putting the wire back on the plug, it died. Now It cranks and cranks, but wont start.

When holding the plug wire to the plug I couldnt see or hear any sparking. Fuel pump is turning on. Lights, radio, etc work. This is a bseries in a civic. Obd2 harness converted to obd1 engine/ecu. Car has ran perfect since the swap a few months back. Timing belt/cam gears are all lined up fine.

Bad distributor? is there anything to check for to see if it is a bad distributor, or any other ideas? I dont know why it would just die like this, its never done it before.

 

i think you blowed your coil
you should never disconnect a spark plug wire when engine runing it's very bad for the coil
regards

 

yeah, somebody else thought it was the coil too. I am going to be replacing that Friday, hopefully that fixes it, if not, is there anything else possible it could be?

 

it might be your igniter chip, its in the dizzy. if you take a part the dizzy. its a flat looking piece where all the wires are plug into. oh did you check the coil fuse under the dash?

 

well i put in a new coil and it started right up. Thanks to the 1 reply for the help, and thanks for looking ^