ok, i have a b18c1 in my civic hatch.. i took the motor out of my old civic coupe that was totaled.. the timing belt was cut in the accident so i replaced it along with several other parts that needed to be replaced..

now after changing the timing belt and lining everthing up to TDC the motor will not start.. i have checked everything camshafts are lined up and arrows pointing to each other, crankshaft is lined up to mark on block and still nothing.. what else can be wrong? could it be my dizzy?? the motor was torn apart after the accidnt to make sure of any internal damage to the valves and pistons, it was all fine.. please give me tips on how to start this motor.. do i not need to lined up to TDC and be at 16 degrees BTDC?? im LOST!! help

 

it could be electrical, try the distributor and all connections from there.

 

You got all that lined up and thats great but now you need to line up the flywheel too. So now, you have to take the belt off the cam gears, find the hole for the timing light so you can see the flywheel and line that up with a red or white mark on. Make sure you have a manual so it can tell you exactly what mark you need to line it up to. Once you have the flywheel and everything back at TDC, line up the cam gears, put on the belt and crank her up. I would go get my manual to look up the detailed info put its late and i'm not running out to the garage right now. Sorry. Good luck with that though.