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Crank, no start 1990 honda accord lx help please tried everything

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Old Feb 17, 2021 | 10:44 AM
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Default Crank, no start 1990 honda accord lx help please tried everything

I have a 1990 honda accord lx and I have been trying to figure out my no spark issue for three months and I'm about to scrap the car because I can't figure it out. I have read and tried everything I have seen on here about it. I first replaced the distributor after finding out I had no spark , then I replaced the main relay still nothing then I tracked down the engine grounds and cleaned and inspected them all, after that I tried reading engine codes by counting the flashes on the ecm and it had no codes stored. I tested the coil on the distributor and it has power to the coil so I bought another new coil still nothing. And yes I checked all the fuses
What else could it be??? Please help !!! sorry for the long post and if I didn't do it right
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Old Feb 17, 2021 | 03:03 PM
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Hmmm... I'm just thinking of anything, I have no idea the likelyhood.

If you take the distributor cap off, when you crank it up (turn the key to start it), does the distributor rotate? If it's not rotating, I would suspect a broken camshaft.

If it does turn, maybe it's the crank position sensor?

I would take off the valve cover to look and see if anything is broken or jammed or fallen off

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Old Feb 17, 2021 | 04:26 PM
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Thank you for the response I have checked and made sure the rotor was turning already
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Old Feb 17, 2021 | 07:33 PM
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So you can see power at the coil, the rotor is turning, but no spark at the spark plug?

Is there power at the cap?
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Old Feb 18, 2021 | 05:54 AM
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There is power to the coil but not thru it nothing to the cap it still acts like the coil is bad even tho this is my second new coil
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Old Feb 18, 2021 | 06:15 AM
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Are you able to check continutity from where the coil plugs in to the cap? Seems like the break is there?
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