thanks for the help, i've been sick for a few days and didn't get to work on it til tonight. it was getting fuel, but i wasn't getting any spark from the plug wire. i'm going to say it's the coil, but could it also be the ignitor causing this. Am i better off just buying a whole new dizzy. i can get one from a u-pull-it. they have a ton of pre-92 hondas, but i don't want to just pull one and have it be bad, and at the same time, i don't want to buy one new just to find out it's not the problem