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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by JoePoonani
Any power going to the dizzy at the plug on the harness?
:werd: time to do some back probing.
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 07:29 PM
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I bet when you probe it back, you'll find it's a problem with the nut behind the wheel.
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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Here's hoping the timing belt didn't break..........:noes:
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 01:44 PM
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If the timing belt broke the engine would crank faster than normal. I don't think this is the fact.
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Ra005e
Here's hoping the timing belt didn't break..........:noes:
I'm sure Tony would have caught that.
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by fathergoat
I'm sure Tony would have caught that.
Yeah. Even a broken cam will make a weird sound when cranking. It's pretty easy to pop the distributor cap and watch to see if the rotor button spins if you hear that. If this cat is crafty enough to bend a roll bar with a Rhino, I'm sure he'd catch that.

What about the main relay? I've read a bunch of stuff on here for years about other people having the same problem. Like this thread...

https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...2main+relay%22

Since the ground on Terminal 2 of the Main Relay always grounds the ECU and supplies it with power, if the main relay is bad, the ECU will never get juice, and won't light the coil. Typically the main relay fails to prime the fuel pump before something like this could ever happen, but isn't it possible that the ECU is never getting power? The ECU fuse would still be fine as long as it's power wire was either not getting juice, or it was disconnected without being shorted out... Maybe probe the ECU for power just to see?

I think testing the distributor harness for continuity will probably get you closer to what's wrong, but testing the ECU for power might save you the trouble of probing stuff and messing with diagrams trying to figure out what goes where if it's not getting juice.

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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Jafro
Yeah. Even a broken cam will make a weird sound when cranking. It's pretty easy to pop the distributor cap and watch to see if the rotor button spins if you hear that. If this cat is crafty enough to bend a roll bar with a Rhino, I'm sure he'd catch that.

What about the main relay? I've read a bunch of stuff on here for years about other people having the same problem. Like this thread...

https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...2main+relay%22

Since the ground on Terminal 2 of the Main Relay always grounds the ECU and supplies it with power, if the main relay is bad, the ECU will never get juice, and won't light the coil. Typically the main relay fails to prime the fuel pump before something like this could ever happen, but isn't it possible that the ECU is never getting power? The ECU fuse would still be fine as long as it's power wire was either not getting juice, or it was disconnected without being shorted out... Maybe probe the ECU for power just to see?

I think testing the distributor harness for continuity will probably get you closer to what's wrong, but testing the ECU for power might save you the trouble of probing stuff and messing with diagrams trying to figure out what goes where if it's not getting juice.
only reason I won't say ECU is if he is getting fuel like he says than the ECU is firing off the injectors. If it is firing the injectors than it has power
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Civic2Scooby
only reason I won't say ECU is if he is getting fuel like he says than the ECU is firing off the injectors. If it is firing the injectors than it has power
Ahh... good point!
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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have u checked spark on all cylinders...its possible that the car is not on time and is sparkin on another cylinder first...if it does spark adjust timing...
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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I'd say harness problem. Oddly enough.
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