You heard it... Advance Auto only sells the complete distributor. Thanks
-Erik

 

honda

 

Depending on engine-your local HOnda dealer should have it in stock for $75-$90. You will have to take the distributor out to replace it.

 

How hard is it to do? I'm pretty knowledgeable when it comes to working on cars but I've never gone into a distributor yet. Any hints or advise for me?
-Erik

 

take the distributor off the car to get to the ignitor.

take off the dist. cap. there should be a brown colored device with 4 wires plugging into it. that is the ignitor. take the 2 philips screws that are on the outside of the dist. off to free the ignitor. pull the wires and replace.

 

http://www.cskauto.com has them, but if i remember right, they're not too much cheaper than honda.

 

I pulled mine out of my old DX dizzy when my si one went bad, they're the same. Here's what they look like:

 

from what i have heard and seen, most honda igniters are all the same. i have used hfs, dxs, sis, tegs and all have been the same.

 

when the ignitor goes bad..wat happens? becuz my cluster gauge needle goes wild..can it be the problem there? when i hooked up my shift light to the blue wire off the dist. it lights as the needle passes the certain rpm. even when im warmin up my car, the needle goes wild. and when i drive..its even worst. i cant even tell when its at 3k to shift. i just shift randomly. or should i just change the whole dist?

 

check the wires on the ignitor first to make sure that are all tight. if they are, you can just change the ignitor as that should fix the problem.

 

so i can use the igniter out of any honda distributor? if that's the case, i've got a few distributors laying around that I can't use. Hummmmmmmm

-Erik

PS- Thanks for the pic

 

yes, that is what i am saying in very many words.

 

you lucky bastard

 

i just put new one in. dont have to take off dizzy just cap and rotor. the connections are **** and are causing my car to die constantly. tach needle jumps around like crazy. re did connections. next step is to re wire. my car is peaced out at the moment

 

They sell them, thats where I got mine. Its listed as ignition control or some wacky thing like that, just look through their ignition list till you see something that cost about 80-90$.

 

hey tortex...when does your car usually die? My car will die right when i start it up unless i keep the revs up for a couple seconds...the tach needle used to jump around a lot at a cold start up idle...but hasn't been doing it lately.

 

My car dies when it's cold like that too.... just started when the igniter started to act up.

I lucked up today while at the boss man's brother's car lot. There was an 88 civic 4 door with a boat anchor for an engine. I got the distributor for FREE!!! Now all I need is time. Thanks for your help guys.

-Erik