# Honda help needed

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/honda-help-needed/204970>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [May 11, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/honda-help-needed/204970 "2010-05-11T18:32:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/honda-help-needed/204970/1 "2010-05-11T18:32:39Z")

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I have a 1990 honda accord. I got the car cheap as the ingnitor was out of the distributor.  
I replaced the following parts:

Ingnitor,  
Rotor,  
Cap,

Heres my problem I have spark at the coil but not at the plugs. I dont even have spark at the top of the cap. But with the cap off i do have spark at the coil. So I took the old cap, and cut some acess holes in it and I have spark at the center electrode of the cap, but the spark never reachs the outside of the cap. The rotor is turning. There appears to be about a .004-.007 gap between the end of the rotor and the prongs of the cap is this normal? Any ideas what maybe wrong? Is it just a weak coil that needs repalced?

Thanks,  
Tom

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**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/honda-help-needed/204970/2 "2010-05-12T05:46:07Z")

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Sounds like either the coil is extremely weak, or the rotor is incorrect…making the gaps too big or misaligned. You positive you got the correct rotor?

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**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/honda-help-needed/204970/3 "2010-05-12T18:54:11Z")

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I think I got the right one, I’ve bought two, the second was exactly the same as the one that was in it when I bought it.

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**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/honda-help-needed/204970/4 "2010-05-16T13:00:23Z")

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REpalced the coil today, and all is good…