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Honda Civic 2000 won't start

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Old Nov 30, 2013 | 07:52 PM
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My Honda Civic was starting fine everyday. Yesterday, it cranked over, but wouldn't start. Checked my fuses; all good. Checked my spark; no spark. I replaced the coil with a used one. The car started three times only. Now it doesn't start again. Can anyone give me an idea as to why it started and now it doesn't.
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 03:48 AM
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Welcome to the Accord Forum...

When you turn your key to ON can you hear the Fuel Pump prime? If not it may be your main relay is failing.
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 07:54 AM
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Yes, I do hear my fuel pump prime but still no spark. Any other suggestions? Also, can you tell me how many cables are suppose to bring power from the computer to the distributor when you are cranking?
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 07:57 AM
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it could be the plugs wires or the dizzy i would check all of them
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 08:05 AM
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What's the dizzy? Can you explain a little bit?
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Old Dec 1, 2013 | 09:36 AM
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Dizzy=distributor. It is the piece that all the spark plug wires are plugged into. It basically is told by the camshaft when to send spark to which spark plug for which piston
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Old Dec 2, 2013 | 06:18 PM
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I changed the distributor. Car started right up. Thank you.
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Old Dec 2, 2013 | 06:25 PM
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more than likely it was the igniter inside the dizzy,real common
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