aveink

hello well like the title says i cant get the car to start i know there are several thing that it could be so ve beeen searcfhing and testing but getting no where so if someone could help me out id really appreciate it

ok well i bought this 98 prelude as a dd, it was a shell, complete but had no engine or tranny
so i bought a swap from a friend which i was an obd1 so i had to convert the distributor to obd1 (which without me relaizing was already done by previos owner)
i insatlled the engine and trid cranking it over at first no spark checked the wiring realized there were to wires from the dizzy that where wrong so corrected that and finally go spark and inj pulse
so i called it a day and had to go to work
the next day i went and tried to start it but got nothing nowi didnt do anything diffrent but now it wont start

i checked the main relay (good)
could it be the distributor that just went bad

i have other concerns like i know the prelude has a immobilizer but this one doesnt i thought that was stock on all cars please help me make sure this is right, second from the website i took the obd1 to obd2 diagram says theres 8 plugs and my dizzy only has 7 so im left with a green wire that the diagram says goes to the icm, but if thats what wrong why did it spark the first time

last thing the first time i got inj pulse and spark i didnt actually start it because the o ring in the oil cooler was bad so i changed then i was getting no spark
is there someway to test the distributor
ok any help id appreciate

Nighthawk01

You can have the starter checked at autozone or someplace, as for the dizzy - i THINK you have to take it off and check the blades on the inside, maybe it's too worn to make contact.

omega329

You don't happen to live in Orlando do you?
otherwise, hope you figure this out.

Kronn 98SH

Service Manual.

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aveink

Yea the starter works, the cap and rotor on the dizzy are newish,
Anyone know anything about how to wire a internal coil dizzy to a obd2 prelud

And anyone know if it's suppose to have an immobilizer because on the cluster there's no key light

Nighthawk01

There should be an immobilizer unless it was removed and bypassed.

Long as you didn't insert the red key you shouldn't have any issues. If you need a programed key go to your local honda dealer and they can cut/program you one.


Or since you've got an obd1 motor have you wired up everything to an obd1 ecu and tried starting it?