okay, this is my first post so im hoping im doing it right, anyways, i have a 1994 lude and i done and engine swap. i swapped to a H22a engine. i hooked everything up and the car ran good. after about 100 miles it started acting up and missing so i brought the car home. i started it up and parked it for about a month. i tryed to start it and all it done was turn over. im getting 12 volts to the coil but non out of it. i put a brand new icm im the distributer and it didnt do anything. ive tryed an external coil dizzy and a internal coil dizzy, different spark plug wires, and brand new spark plugs. ive checked engine grounds and they are good. i have tryed a p13 computer and a p28 computer. when it was running it ran on both of them, and i know the p28 computer is still good because my brother just used it in his civic for a little while. any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

 

Just to make sure, what year is the JDM H22A engine? It has to be a OBD1 engine.

 

Any check engine light?
Sounds like it could be a crank position or top dead center sensor

 

all the parts for the engine is between 92-96 and is obd1. as for the check engine light, the battery has been out of it for a month so i wouldnt be able to get a code off of it if there was one. where would the sensors be for the crank position and top dead center sensor you was talking about?

 

thats not 100% correct, i have a 96 si that i just swapped a H22A1 into, in 96 vehicles are obd2

 

The only part that is obd2 is the water pump because it was a 96. but the car ran fine and started running worse and worse so i drove it and parked it and a month later it wont start.

 

if it is a 94 you don't have a crank sensor it is all built into the dizzy (tdc sensor). 96 newer have a crank senor that reads off the crank gear for the timing belt. have you checked the ground for the wiring harness that is on the thermostat housing? ive seen that cause one to act crazy.

 

I just looked for all the ground wires i could and took each on off and sanded everything down i could. i made sure to get the one on the thermostat housing. i put a fully charged battery in it and turned it over and nothing. i took a spark plug out and had someone hold it but there is no fire at all. i made sure the computer was bolted down good also. if anyone has anything else i could check that could help i would greatly appreciate it.

 

. . . maybe the ignition switch? check to see if you are getting power to the ecu. i am not sure which pin it is ill try to see if i can find a pin out to help.

 

only thing i can think of is the ground..

 

the next thing im gonna try is the crankshaft position sensor. could someone explain to me where exactly the crankshaft position sensor is on my jdm h22a engine?

 

you dont have a crank position sensor. its built into the dizzy.

 

try new coil????

 

in his first post he stated that he tried an internal and external coil dizzy. . .

 

well everyone i appreciate all the help but i decided to go up and talk to a guy at honda that turned out to turbo honda's and do engine swaps and knows the cars from the insides out and he told me i could bring it by his house and he'll fix everything for me. so once he gets it done ill get back on here and let you guys know what was up with my car. thanks again

 

It Sounds Like To Me U Need To Replace The (Dizzy) Distributor Because All your Symptoms Lead To That. All The Sensors Tdc,Crank Position Are Built Into The Distributor.. That Or The Main Relay But If That Is Not Working U Usually Dont Have Fuel Pressure .............

 

Well my car has been at the guys house for about three weeks and so far the guy got it running. he had to replace something in the dizzy and the main relay. he checked compression and it had a blown head gasket (the idiot i took it to befoer him reused the headgasket) . he took the head to get resurfaced and it checked out fine. but the LA sleeves was slid down into the block to far and we was afraid to use it so i bought another block for it and im gonna swap all the parts over into it and put her back together. it should be going soon. . . . . .