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Removed distributor now it wont run

Tiny
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  • 1996 HONDA CIVIC
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1996 Honda Civic I had to take the distributor out to get a screw out of the distributor cap and now the car won't even turn over what happened?
Friday, November 4th, 2011 AT 7:52 PM

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Tiny
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Sounds like you didn't installed it correctly, throwing off the valve and igniton timing-
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Friday, November 4th, 2011 AT 8:04 PM
Tiny
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Will a bad coil keep the engine from turning over?
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Friday, November 4th, 2011 AT 8:50 PM
Tiny
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Yes it will-check the primary and secondary winding resistances on it, not up to specs-replace it-
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Friday, November 4th, 2011 AT 8:52 PM
Tiny
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Could you tell me how to check to see if I have a bad coil or not, I do have a meter, I just don't know what to set it on or know what the reading should be.
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Friday, November 4th, 2011 AT 9:07 PM
Tiny
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Pull a sparkplug wire and ground it on the engine, have helper crank engine over-is it sparking with blue fire-if so nothing is wrong with your coil-
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Friday, November 4th, 2011 AT 9:19 PM

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