ok i finally got my car running after about 10 months...the guy doing my work on the B18C swap finished recently...one problem however...throwing a code 9...he said he cant figure it out and isnt sure what the problem is...he said the code had some thing to do with the position of cylinder 9 or something forgot exactly what he said..and he also said it might have something to do with the distributor...he said all the wiring is hooked up properly...and the car is running strong but he said there is a bit of a hesitation when first accelerating...has anyone had this problem before and know how to solve it...please i beg of u help me

 

Code 9 is the TDC sensor...Top Dead Cylinder....basically if your car was not at TDC when the timing belt is on....it wont fire....

Code 9 = TDC sensor = New Distributor.

 

Look in your distributor. Is there a ball of wire like material? I know of a few hondas that this has happened to. The wire hits the TDC sensor and it thinks it's at TDC all the time or not at all because the current is running though it. Just check in your distributor if the "fuzz ball" is in there and take as much of it out as possible. If it doesn't work then it's the sensor in the distributor. I've had it happen on my car and seen it on a few others, it just happened to a friend of mine, he has a 90 crx si with a LS.

 

before you replace **** doublecheck that the timing belt is on correctly and that it didn't skip a tooth. that solved the problem for me.

 

thanks everyone ill have it check out tommorrow...when i get the motor it was sitting under a grinder and it had metal shavings all over the valve cover and i even think it had some shavings in and around the distributor...that could of been the problem...hopefully this can be solved without getting a new distributor...

 

Check INSIDE of the distributor take anything that looks like metal shavings out. Take off the cap and rotor, you might have to take off the igintor, look deep inside and check for anything out of the ordinary.