Hey guys, I'm new to the forums and this is my first post. I have a 96 Accord project currently underway, the motor is a freshly built f22b1 block mated to a f22a4 head. I just installed the motor and the wiring harness, and when I went to crank the motor, there was no spark. So I asked some friends of mine, and came up with some information. The f22b1 block is OBD1, while the harness is OBD2. This presents an issue because the block is not provisioned for the crank position sensor plug on the OBD2 harness. So in turn, my distributor is not recieving the timing signal and therefore the coil is not sending any spark to the dizzy. I have the TEC external coil dizzy that came stock on the F22B2. So my question is, what are my options to fix this issue? I was told that I could use an internal coil distributor and wire the crank position sensor into the new internal coil distributor. This engine has an ATI Superdamper installed, so installing the sensor that goes to the oil pump housing is out of the question. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks guys!

 

You can tap into the crank sensor on a 90-95(OBDI) distributor. Thus you will have your 'crank' signal.

 

it seems like a lot of work, but the best way to do this is to pull the harness off, split the loom between the crank sensor and distributor, pull the two wires (one shielded and one not) for the CPK from the T-belt area to the distributor area. wrap everything back up and pin the two wires into the correct position on the exsisting distributor connector. this keeps the original sheilding in place for a factory-like look and function when you're done.

I don't have much experience with the external-coil types, but if there aren't two unused wires in it the i suppose you would need to get an internal coil type.