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Originally Posted by jakobnev
(And you actually checked for spark right?)
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Well, I have now! I pulled the #1 plug to test it. It was so ugly that I pulled the others to have a look. They were all awful. To large a gap, burnt, grey and and dark browns. I decided they needed replacing anyway. Put new single-platinum plugs in, and it fired right up instantly.
I am running the car with a WAI and with 2* ignition timing advance. These were old plugs anyway. Their age and the mods maybe killed the plugs off?
I'm learning, but I'm still not much of a mechanic. At least now I understand my distributor better, have done the fuel filter change, and have done a plug change... I also became familiar with testing the fuel pump and such. I spent $90 on an ICM I may not have needed (I don't know for certain because I never actually tested the old one). Well, if they are both working... I guess I have a back-up in case one burns, and they apparently do on these Hondas.
A plus is also that I did not take it to a shop and get charged who knows how much for stuff I did not have need, I guess.