I removed the distributor completely from my car. I than replaced the rotor and re-installed the distributor. I know the timing isn't exactly right. I tried to drive the car and the throttle response is very poor. I hold down the gas and i don't get any response for about 3 seconds and when i do get response it is very poor. The car is a 95 vtec and i do have a timing light. I tried to use the light to see the marks behind the rubber plug right by the engine code. I sometimes could see a mark and most of the time i was unable to see a mark at all. The car won't idle for a prolonged period of time and it will eventually die. It only idles at about 500 rpms or less and surges up and down.

 

are you using an advancing timming light, and are you on the number
one plug wire.

 

you have to warm the car up for like ten minutes. then you have to jump the service connecter behind the center console where the radio is. Then you set the timming, Then after you get it set you turn off the car and remove the jumper. Then start the car again and you should be done

 

Ive heard that u should also pull the iac plug to settle the idle low enough is this true?

 

Why would you remove the dissy to replace the cap and rotor?
Kinda like removeing the head to replace the valve cover gasket.

 

Maybe you should advance the timing and see how the car is responding to that.

 

timing marks next to the block stamp? arnt the timing marks near the belts on the oppisite side of the motor?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Cottonwoodz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why would you remove the dissy to replace the cap and rotor?
Kinda like removeing the head to replace the valve cover gasket. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Have u tried getting a nut onto the bolt thats holding on the rotor while the dizzy is on the car?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Elkins911 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">timing marks next to the block stamp? arnt the timing marks near the belts on the oppisite side of the motor?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No he is correct about the timing marks at least for the h23 and h22

 

the timing marks are on the flywheel. You look through the
timing window right under the block stamp.

 

IS IT THE SAME SETTING WITH AN 99 PRELUDE H22A4?