93 prelude no start
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:25 pm
Been driving this car around for a few weeks, getting it cleaned up and ready to smog. But encountered quite a set back today.
Plug wires were bad. Very old, so I went to replace them with new HE77 NKG's (checked the firing order many many times).
Car ran and started fine up until wire swap. Old wires were falling apart. The wire linking the distributor to the coil was the worst. When I pulled the boot from the coil, there was no connector, just filled with powdered rust where the connector should have seated (how was this running?!).
After replacing the wires, the car does not start. I'm leaning towards the coil, but I can't figure out why it would work before, and stop working with better wires installed. It has to be something simple that'll make me look stupid.
Thanks for reading and any advice you may choose to share.
Plug wires were bad. Very old, so I went to replace them with new HE77 NKG's (checked the firing order many many times).
Car ran and started fine up until wire swap. Old wires were falling apart. The wire linking the distributor to the coil was the worst. When I pulled the boot from the coil, there was no connector, just filled with powdered rust where the connector should have seated (how was this running?!).
After replacing the wires, the car does not start. I'm leaning towards the coil, but I can't figure out why it would work before, and stop working with better wires installed. It has to be something simple that'll make me look stupid.
Thanks for reading and any advice you may choose to share.