Okay, I just swaped a motor outa a 1st gen CRX I had into a 3rd gen (84-87) Civic Si. Now it wont start, I thought it might be the timing so I went to set it but Im not sure what to do about the cam sproket, cuz when I have the two lines lined up with head the distributor rotor is nor pointed to the #1 but rather to the next one over at the #3, so Im confused here. And I think I finaly found the TDC mark on the crank pully, normaly a easy task, but not if the previous owner spray painted it silver.
Anywyas, now it doesnt seem to be getting any spark either, so yet another problem to slove. Normaly Im prety good at this stuff but Im used to dealing with 92+ Hondas, not old *** ones. So any help here would be apreciated, thanks a lot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Xtream &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Okay, I just swaped a motor outa a 1st gen CRX I had into a 3rd gen (84-87) Civic Si. Now it wont start, I thought it might be the timing so I went to set it but Im not sure what to do about the cam sproket, cuz when I have the two lines lined up with head the distributor rotor is nor pointed to the #1 but rather to the next one over at the #3, so Im confused here. And I think I finaly found the TDC mark on the crank pully, normaly a easy task, but not if the previous owner spray painted it silver.
Anywyas, now it doesnt seem to be getting any spark either, so yet another problem to slove. Normaly Im prety good at this stuff but Im used to dealing with 92+ Hondas, not old *** ones. So any help here would be apreciated, thanks a lot. </TD></TR></TABLE>

hey mang go to http://www.redpepperracing.com its a hardcore 1g/3g site... get a multi meter and test eveything like your coil and ignitor... i would go back and reset your timming to be sure sounds lik you are off alot

 

Thanks for the Reply, I was thinking about that web site but they take to long to reply.

 

You posted at 7:00 a.m., it is now 12 hours later and youv'e got 25 replys fom Honda-Tech. good thing you didn't waste your time at redpepper

 

Im taking like days brotha, not hours.