civic has no spark whats next?

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JOHNCL
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Hey-we have a 1992 Honda Civic 1.5 manual tranny.it had no problems 6 days ago when we parked it and now it will not start,theres no spark,checked rotor for rotation and no problem there,no ovious broken wires or anything,what should be checked next,power to coil..is'nt that in the distributor??,how often does the ECU's go out???any help is most appreciated..thanks
Aug 13, 2007 at 9:28 AM
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[quote:67008c5567="JohnCL"]Hey-we have a 1992 Honda Civic 1.5 manual tranny.it had no problems 6 days ago when we parked it and now it will not start,theres no spark,checked rotor for rotation and no problem there,no ovious broken wires or anything,what should be checked next,power to coil..is'nt that in the distributor??,how often does the ECU's go out???any help is most appreciated..thanks[/quote:67008c5567]

Turn key to On position check for power at coil positive terminal-No power check ignition fuse/relay then comeback
Aug 13, 2007 at 10:29 AM
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JOHNCL
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for no apparent reason the car now starts so must be loose wire or ignition switch...will update later..thanks for the help!.
Aug 14, 2007 at 9:54 AM
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