my 99 civic has been faithful since I bought it, must be 2 yrs now, but sprung a leak in the heater hose (head to the heater core), but got it home without overheating. looked at the prob, whatta pain! the one hose clamp is right under the dizzy. Were these cars built by midgets? (no offense to small peeps) I had to spent $50 on a hose clamp tool just to avoid busting my knuckles for 2 hrs. Gave me an excuse to buy a tool that I should have bought years ago. Gotta laugh!

 

You could have pulled the dizzy for better access. Mark the timing position so you can put it back the same, remove 3 bolts, pull the distributor out of the head and set it aside without disconnecting any wires.