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

JT