Hello, i recently bought a new dizzy for my d16y5 Hx Civic, the distributor i recieved was supposedly for my car but the 3 mounting points are not lined up correctly, i read that there is hitachi and Tec distributors which one would be for my engine?

 

The entire distributors are not Hitachi or Tec... that would just be the ICM's (Ignition Control Module) inside. The housing, and how it bolts to the cylinder head, would be the same no matter which ICM is found inside. Where did you source the distributor from ?

 

i got it off of carparts.com usually never had an issue using them but ive not bought a dizzy from them till now, would you have any recommendations?

 

What was wrong with your original distributor ?

 

The original external and internal seal went out it leaks onto my trans and my tac flipped all the way around, i also sometimes have some rough starts

 

do you have any recommendations on replacement dizzys?

 

I would find a used OE distributor housing and replace the ICM and Coil, along with the cap and rotor button, and run that.

 

aaah ok so in theory id be able to take mine off the car and maybe even swap the internals of this aftermarket one into it

 

Ehhhh... not exactly what I meant. EVERYTHING found in the aftermarket ones are suspicious parts... I wouldn't put any of them into a quality rebuild. If you absolutely have to... I wouldn't count on them for very long.

 

ok makes sense yea im gunna just get some oe parts and throw it together with some new seals as well obviously but thanks for the help!

 

I replaced mine a little over 6 months now with the WAI Global unit that O'Reilly carries and it has been running great. Main reason I went with it, is because they list it being distributed from Hitachi Distributor. I believe all 96-00 USDM HX's came with the Hitachi models and all the others came with TEC. Not sure if there's any significant difference between the two, but I'd rather just go with Hitachi to be safe.

Honda also lists the HX with only part #30100-P2M-A01 (Hitachi D4T94-05) and no TEC model listed for HX.

Prior to buying a new distributor for mine, I tried buying a new cap/rotor from Autozone/O'Reilly's and I kept getting a set that didn't fit even though it was listed for HX. The cap would fit, but rotor would not due to the y5 distributor's thicker shaft.

Link below to the one I got, and I believe RockAuto also has it as well.

WAI Global Distributor - New HT04 | O'Reilly Auto Parts (oreillyauto.com)

More Information for WAI GLOBAL DST17485 (rockauto.com)