mako

I am trying to help out a friend of mine with his 88 civic. it is getting no spark when the motor is turned over.

so far I have tested the coil and it shows to be good. I checked for power getting to the ignitor and it gets power on the 2 wires it says to test.

the manual also says to check for continuity between white wire and ground. and a blue wire and ground. both that run to the ignitor.

when I use an ohm meter it does not show continunity on either wire.

He also said that the tach stoped working befor the engine died.

I had a similar problem on my 90 integra, replaced the coil, ignitor and finally had to replace the whole distributor and that fixed it.

just looking for some insight or other things i can check befor i tell my friend to waste money on parts he might not need.

thanks,
James

imported_eric

im not sure but that had happened to me before. replaced the distributor and everything was ok. hope that helps.
somebody here may know something better.