I tried to find any previous posts with this problem but came up empty. This was pretty stupid of me, but I was throwing on some new plug wires and I took all the old ones off without noting which wire went to which distributor cap post. So what I am wondering is which post the shortest plug wire should go to. If you face the cap from the passenger side (left arm toward the firewall) I think the short wire goes to the top right post ( top two of the four, closest to the front of the car). Does anyone have a 2000 Civic SiR who can check to see if I am right. I don't want to bend a rod or something.

 

well if you work on your on car you need to pic up a HAYNES Repair Manual. It will tell you everything you need to know

 

After talking to about 8 different dealerships giving conflicting information I finally got everything right for anyone interested. This is for a 2000 SiR, it may be different for D series engines. Firstly, the cylingers are ordered 1 - 4 starting from the drivers side (Rt. to Lt., NOT Lt. to Rt.). The post on the distributor cap labelled C goes to the number one cylinder (the longest plug wire). Then the firing order is 1-3-4-2 going clockwise around from the post labelled C. Cylinder four's wire is labelled A. Hope this helps someone.

 

glad you got it worked out and welcome to hcf .if you can post some pics of your civic