I had a BMW that did that, but it was due to a loose fuse.

I don't think that's your problem though. I'd lean more towards mycb7's guess

 

use a OEM ignitor or a Bosche one, some cheep not made in japan ones will cause the exact problem your haveing.

 

I'm betting that's more what it is as it started the same exact day as I had it replaced by them. They did a poor repair job in my opinion and I'll never use them again regardless of this problem. I should have taken it in there right when it started, but I just got ticked at them and never took the car back to them.

 

another thing to check is the connectors to the ignitor if you pull the cap off the ignitor has 4 connectors on it sometimes when they change them the push on connectors are loose if so crimp them down gently with a pair of needle nose pliers. the blue wire is the tach drive wire.

 

A little update on this issue.

My 93 Accord starting running really rough and extremely hard to start.

This time instead of taking it to the shop that screwed up my car the first time, I took it to a shop that I trusted and should have taken it too in the first place last time.

Well, it appears that my ignition coil was worn out. That would explain it firing rough and not wanting to start. Replaced that and it started much better. But the plugs were fouled due to poor ignition and the plug wires with 200,000+ miles on them were worn. Replaced those also.

However, they took the distributor cap off and oil poured out of the distributor...... that's not good!. Replaced the entire distributor (including the ignition module) and it runs almost like brand new now.

Also, the orignal problem I posted in this thread, the tach bouncing, was taken care of by this shop.

The car hasn't run this good in years. (I've had this Honda 12 years and drive it an hour roundtrip to work each day at freeway speeds).

Thanks for everyone's suggestions and help.

mike