My first encounter with a Honda car of any sort was (I believe) a 600 in
Koror in 1969. Damned thing never had any worthwhile brakes but
otherwise, it sure took a lot of abuse as a rental car..

JT




Earle Horton wrote:
>
> 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
> ...
> > Goin' to look at another '82 parts car on Tuesday. Unfortunately, it is
> > a DX...
> >
> > JT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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