Don't junk your Civic for a no-start problem!

Do you hear the low humming noise of the fuel pump priming for 2 seconds when you turn the key to ON(II)?

Do you have a fuel injected or carbureted engine?

Have you replaced the igniter unit in the distributor?

Carefully clean and tighten all of the ground wires (see last diagram below).

 

itinerant-

No worries, it will never go to the scrap yard (I can't remember why I said that!)

I thought about the spark plug wires themselves. I am thinking that bad wires would at least send SOME spark. But I am getting NO spark at all. Maybe I am wrong?

RonJ-

Not sure about the fuel pump, I will make sure and check that. I don't think I heard it.

The engine is FI. Thanks for the diagrams. The igniter was replaced with the distributor was.

The grounds...this is interesting because this stuff could have moved around. I will look at these very carefully...

Thanks!!!!!!!!!

 

The ground wire attached to the thermostat housing is exceptionally important. Corrosion, looseness, and disconnection is a common cause for a no-start condition.

As mk mentions, you should also see whether the ECU is throwing any codes: