Try the main relay. Mine was behind the glovebox on a 1996 civic. Good luck.
Check your timing... Also make sure your distributor is still good... I just had to change mine on my 97 civic
The distributor wiring order for a 1996 Honda Civic is 1-3-4-2. The distributor will be have the wires in the clockwise position starting a 1.
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for the most part, yes
Inside the distributor. Replace the whole distributor.
Seymour Lipset is the other writer who wrote about the civic culture besides Almond-Verba.
2001 Honda prelude distributor timing on 2.2
1,3,4,2 starting at the lower left of the distributor cap and rotating clockwise. the cylinders are numbered 4,3,2,1 left to right.
Moisture related problems occur in the ignition system. The distributor as well as the internal iginition coil need to be tested.