Econo-Box

So I think I have a fucked Pickup in the distro which means i need to get one from the parts store. So I go to local import parts store and the little smug ---- head behind the counter tells me that my car has 5 different distros which all have different firing orders. He tells me that its not depentant on the motor in the car it depends on the TD number on the ear of the distributor. Somebody school me on distros here cause I have no idea if that little *** was right or not.

blackice90hb

what kinda car?

Econo-Box

97 Honda Civic D16y8. its like the most common everything and duder tells me you cant just go pull one from a junk yard cause those TD numbers mean they will have a different fireing order. I know folks have swapped out junk yard distros before and I have never heard of checking that number. Just wanted to know if I learned something or if dude was full of ----,

blackice90hb

i have never heard of that ---- before. I never seen one other than the standard 1432? But I have worked primarily on EF's and EG's and older accords.
But there is only one ECU for that motor, with diffent timing setting's you would think there would be a diffence in the ecu programming. i call bullshit. I think he was too stupid to figure out which model civic you had.

When I go to AutoZone tonite I will look into that for you.

whiterice

same firing order. the TD stamp will have different footprints which is dependent on the head.
look at the base of your distributor and find the TD stamp.

Econo-Box

Well if its depentant on the head why did that ---- stick tell me it depends on the number not motor. said there was just 5 different for the D16. I bet he was full of ----. Im gonna go get the thing tomorrow. 180 bucks complete no core and its not a reman. good deal?

Econo-Box

Well I dont know if the dude was full of ---- or not but I swapped out the Dizzy and all my problems are gone. now all I gotta do is find me a fuse box local.

Anybody got a fuse box they wanna get rid of? D16y8 or underhood fusebox for a 97 EX Civic.

blackice90hb

Junkyard for the win


What fucked up parts store did you go to that listed all the D-series motors, instead of just the one that came in your car?Are there even more than 2 d-seires avalible in a EK?

Econo-Box

Yeah I think dude was full of ---- to be honest. but my ---- is swapped and running mint now just tryin to find me a fusebox. yards round here suck. I can never even find honda ---- unless its old ---- late 80 early 90. never a 96+

blackice90hb

----, I might be going to the yard this weekend, I keep you in mind if I spot something, nog


But ors are basically the same, EF+EG for the win. If I aint mistaken someone on here or hondaswap was parting one out. It was prolly a EG though.