honda civic tune up trouble

You can't test for a short to ground with the ohmmeter. HT current is
grounding through the body of the coil. The low pressure of your test
voltage is not sufficient to show the problem.

The coil is pooched, trust me.

 

refresh my education. when testing with the ohm meter i ohm out from coil
lead to positive or from pos to neg. or in what order? it seems to be
reading impedence in the aforementioned ranges. if the coil reads
correctly what then? thanks mojo

 

since i work at a gm dealer i have access to parts house parts at a
reasonable fee. i was priced a coil for 70 and an ignitor if need be for
130. i found the entire distributor at another for 165 less the cap and
rotor button. is it probable that i fouled the ignitor as well as the
coil? if that is the case i might as well replace the whole shooting
match.

 

alrighty then we'll try that.

 

alrighty then we'll try that.

 

oh yeah, i guess that the ease of installation is also important. it seems
that the distributor would be pretty much bolt in and set timing. the coil
on the other hand, seems to be do able by a slightly trained monkey. are
there any unforseen pitfalls that i have not accounted for in the
replacement of either the dist of the coil? if so any pointers would be
appreciated.

 

Just the coil is fine.

 

Like I said before: It Means Nothing.

Your coil is almost certainly dead.

 

Well you were probably right about the coil alone being the problem,
however for some reason i just had a gut feeling that due to the higher
mileage i was asking for trouble by installing just the coil. distributor
has now been replaced and the civic barely made a quarter turn before
blasting back into service. I really appreciate all of your help on this
matter. The old honda is revitalized. yall be sure to holler if you have
any questions related to gm vehicles as i have infinate resources in that
dept. thanks again. MOJO out.

 

Well you were probably right about the coil alone being the problem,
however for some reason i just had a gut feeling that due to the higher
mileage i was asking for trouble by installing just the coil. distributor
has now been replaced and the civic barely made a quarter turn before
blasting back into service. I really appreciate all of your help on this
matter. The old honda is revitalized. yall be sure to holler if you have
any questions related to gm vehicles as i have infinate resources in that
dept. thanks again. MOJO out.