K GUYS, I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP HERE!!! OVER THE WEEKEND WE SWAPPED A 1.4ENGINE AND TRANNY OUT OF A 95 CIVIC INTO A 96 CIVIC, REPLACING A 1.6. WE BLEW THE ENGINE AND NEEDED THE CAR BACK ON THE ROAD AND WE GOT A GOOD PRICE ON THE E&T SO WE JUMPED ON IT. THING IS THERE'S NO FIRE TO THE DISTIBUTOR! THE ENGINE CRANKS BUT THATS IT. IF YOU GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT IT COULD BE PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!

 

yeah the 96 models have a crank position sensor on bottom of motor the 95 dont they have it in the distributor if the swap was the other way around 96 into a 95 it would work.

 

so its not gonna work? is there any way to make it that you know of?

 

Just a guess, but it sounds like maybe the ECU (computer) is looking for a 1.6L engine and you gave it a 1.4? Again, I'm not a Honda tech, but that would be what I would worry about.

Dave B.

 

is the 96 an OBD II where 95 is OBD I??? if you swapped the ecu i think it would work... might require some re-wiring or at least adaptors

 

all you have to do is put the 95's distributor on it and have it wired.