i have a 90 accord and i've just recently started having all kinds of problems with it. first the starter went out, then the transmission computer caught fire and i had to replace it. then wednesday morning, i went to work and when i got ready to leave the office to go in the field, it wouldn't start...i got sumone to help me check the distributor and they said it wasn't firing. i got it home and checked again and still no fire. i bought a new complete distributor (coil, rotor, pickup, ignitor module). i installed it yesterday and it still won't fire. i checked the coil, it's good. i checked the ecu fuses and they're all good. in fact, i checked every single fuse in the car and none are bad. can anyone help me? i need the car for work...thanks in advance

 

can you hear the fuel pump coming on? It could be the main relay, thats what was wrong with mine...

 

the fuel pump works fine...i can even smell fuel when i'm trying to start it...the main relay could cause it to not fire? if so, where is it located?

 

it controls the fuel pump......here is a site for ya
http://autorepair.about.com/cs/doity...l/bl_hmr_9.htm

 

actually, this one is better
http://techauto.te.funpic.org/civicrelay.php

 

this is a good site too for al around honda problems...http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

thanks...but the fuel pump isn't the problem...i can't get the distributor to fire

 

I bet it's the main relay. How did you deduce that your spark plugs aren't firing?

 

pulled a wire and put a spark plug in it and got sumone to see if it fired while i spun it over and it wasn't firing

 

Main relay.