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What distributor is on my motor and why
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Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:24 pmby mhunter90
I had a little epidemic early trying to change my cap and rotor. the set autozone gave me didn't fit it was completely different. so I had to take the one off the car and bring it to them.. none of the ones they had listed for a 95 lx were similar to what was on my car. they ended up matching it up with one they said was for a newer civic vtec model..so im confused I thought that a distributor for and obd2 motor wouldn't work on an obd1?....the numbers on the distributor read d4t92-04
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Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:18 pmby teal_dx
A distributor from a D16y8 will bolt to a D15b7 head. But the plugs are different and don't fit the OBD1 engine harness
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Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:19 pmby teal_dx
I googled d4t92-04 and it is coming up as 94-95 Accord.
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Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:17 pmby mhunter90
Thats what I found too..maybe the 94-95 accord dizzy is designed similar to the one autozone thought it was and the parts fit.maybe .idk..but is it safe to be running a dizzy from an accord on a d15b7? It seems to run ok...was overheating a lil going up hill but I believe that was caused by my radiator being junk and I replaced it seems ok
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Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:47 pmby egsedanguy
mhunter90 wrote:Thats what I found too..maybe the 94-95 accord dizzy is designed similar to the one autozone thought it was and the parts fit.maybe .idk..but is it safe to be running a dizzy from an accord on a d15b7? It seems to run ok...was overheating a lil going up hill but I believe that was caused by my radiator being junk and I replaced it seems ok
could be wrong part numbers. I have seen that happen before. Working as a parts manager for body shops I have seen it all. Sometime a complete batch of parts can be packed and numbered wrong. Did the new one you got work good?
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Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:54 pmby mhunter90
egsedanguy wrote:mhunter90 wrote:Thats what I found too..maybe the 94-95 accord dizzy is designed similar to the one autozone thought it was and the parts fit.maybe .idk..but is it safe to be running a dizzy from an accord on a d15b7? It seems to run ok...was overheating a lil going up hill but I believe that was caused by my radiator being junk and I replaced it seems ok
could be wrong part numbers. I have seen that happen before. Working as a parts manager for body shops I have seen it all. Sometime a complete batch of parts can be packed and numbered wrong. Did the new one you got work good?
No cause I looked at advance too same thing...bolt holes dont like up on the distributor and cap .and rotor wouldnt even fit on shaft
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Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:56 pmby mhunter90
But yes the new one seems to work fine
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Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:47 amby Loaf31
I wouldnt chance it. Just grab one from a junkyard or oder one for a B7 on ebay. They're super cheap
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Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:03 pmby mhunter90
What could happen
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Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:02 pmby suspendedHatch
Yeah, that's common. Cheap mechanics would do it because Civic's weren't common to find in junkyards back then, but Accords are everywhere. It's annoying, but it works fine. If the ignition timing is correct, then there's no problem.
The Accord ignition rotor doesn't have a screw in it. That's about it.
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Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:07 amby mhunter90
suspendedHatch wrote:Yeah, that's common. Cheap mechanics would do it because Civic's weren't common to find in junkyards back then, but Accords are everywhere. It's annoying, but it works fine. If the ignition timing is correct, then there's no problem.
The Accord ignition rotor doesn't have a screw in it. That's about it.
Thanks for the info