We had 72-ish Civics in the commune in the seventies to replace the fleet of
Honda 600 air-cooled sedans that we started out with. They were fairly
economical, but not nearly as durable as the present offerings.

Earle

"Grumpy AuContraire" > wrote in message
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> Goin' to look at another '82 parts car on Tuesday. Unfortunately, it is
> a DX...
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> JT
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> Elle wrote:
> >
> > As always, great to hear about this '83 Civic. Gotta be the
> > oldest Honda running in the group.
> >
> > "Grumpy AuContraire" > wrote
> > > Elle wrote:
> > >>
> > >> "Grumpy AuContraire" > wrote
> > >> > Recently, my '83 Honda Civic FE refused to start.
> > >> >
> > >> > A squirt of starting fluid in the carb did nothing.
> > >> > Hence, my attention
> > >> > turned to ignition failure.
> > >> >
> > >> > Changing the distributor did not fix it.
> > >> >
> > >> > Changing the coil did not fix it.
> > >>
> > >> Please clarify: Was it the original OEM coil you changed,
> > >> and then below, you say you put this same, original OEM
> > >> coil
> > >> back in?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Original coils - nothing special
> > >
> > >
> > >> > Cleaning the (NGK) plugs barely allowed it to start.
> > >> > Once
> > >> > warmed up, it
> > >> > would run and start OK.
> > >> >
> > >> > Yesterday, I replaced the new coil wire with the old
> > >> > original OEM coil
> > >> > wire and............. Started right up as it did this
> > >> > morning!
> > >>
> > >> Is the new coil aftermarket?
> > >>
> > >
> > > No "new" coil, just another Honda coil
> > >
> > >
> > >> So you think the cause was... ?
> > >
> > > Coil wire