I just went through this with an '89 Civic.  Did you have the jumper wire in
place?  On the '89 there is a yellow cap sort of behind the driver's side
headlight that you have remove and jump the connector under it.

Sam



On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:12 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>    In a message dated 6/5/2008 6:27:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Working on my brother's '93 Civic.
>
> We can't get the ignition timing to spec (15 deg BTDC).  With the
> distrubutor fully rotated, we can get about 7-8 deg BTDC.
>
> We have checked the cam timing, it's OK.
>
> Possible issues I see-
>
>
>    - Slipped pulley (if even possible on this car?)
>    - Head has been milled
>    - ?
>
>  Are your reading the timing protractor correctly?  That is, how many
> degrees per mark?  On the Miata it's two per mark.  How much on the Honda?
>
>
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