$254.00 confirmed from Honda for the rotor assembly(witch is with the
igniter comes)
My mechanics told me it would repalce it for $300(labour included).
Does not seem that bad to me.I'm in Canada by the way.
pat...@gmail.com wrote:
> That rotor houses the IGNITER and mine failed.I was told to repalce the
> "hole" assembly.
> Ima gonna call Honda right now and see.
> 'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
> > patbro@gmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Looks like i have to buy a rotor assembly.About $300 CDN.
> > > I got told it is a common/known problems on Honda.
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > What kind of "ROTOR" costs $300 ? ? ? Canadian tire sells me rotors for
> > my distributor that cost about $11.
> >
> > 'Curly'

 

Probably what was meant was the distributor housing.

From my experience with my 91 Civic and reading posts here,
one new distributor housing in the life of a c. 1990s Honda
is about right. The new one should last you the rest of the
life of the car.

OTOH, in 2003 the yahoos at a certain independent Honda shop
with whom I dealt insisted on replacing the whole housing on
my 91 Honda, claiming it would fix the "dies after warmup
while driving and at stoplights" problem, and it did not.
Turned out to be the coil. They replaced that a couple weeks
later when my car was a "comeback."

On the third hand, like I say, with the myriad other
problems an old housing can have (stripped rotor set screw;
bad bearing; old wiring), a new housing once in a Honda's
life seems reasonable to me.

<patbro@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1157744830.347940.288570@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> That rotor houses the IGNITER and mine failed.I was told
> to repalce the
> "hole" assembly.
> Ima gonna call Honda right now and see.
> 'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
>> patbro@gmail.com wrote:
>> >
>> > Looks like i have to buy a rotor assembly.About $300
>> > CDN.
>> > I got told it is a common/known problems on Honda.
>>
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>> What kind of "ROTOR" costs $300 ? ? ? Canadian tire sells
>> me rotors for
>> my distributor that cost about $11.
>>
>> 'Curly'
>

 

Probably what was meant was the distributor housing.

From my experience with my 91 Civic and reading posts here,
one new distributor housing in the life of a c. 1990s Honda
is about right. The new one should last you the rest of the
life of the car.

OTOH, in 2003 the yahoos at a certain independent Honda shop
with whom I dealt insisted on replacing the whole housing on
my 91 Honda, claiming it would fix the "dies after warmup
while driving and at stoplights" problem, and it did not.
Turned out to be the coil. They replaced that a couple weeks
later when my car was a "comeback."

On the third hand, like I say, with the myriad other
problems an old housing can have (stripped rotor set screw;
bad bearing; old wiring), a new housing once in a Honda's
life seems reasonable to me.

<patbro@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1157744830.347940.288570@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> That rotor houses the IGNITER and mine failed.I was told
> to repalce the
> "hole" assembly.
> Ima gonna call Honda right now and see.
> 'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
>> patbro@gmail.com wrote:
>> >
>> > Looks like i have to buy a rotor assembly.About $300
>> > CDN.
>> > I got told it is a common/known problems on Honda.
>>
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>> What kind of "ROTOR" costs $300 ? ? ? Canadian tire sells
>> me rotors for
>> my distributor that cost about $11.
>>
>> 'Curly'
>

 

Probably what was meant was the distributor housing.

From my experience with my 91 Civic and reading posts here,
one new distributor housing in the life of a c. 1990s Honda
is about right. The new one should last you the rest of the
life of the car.

OTOH, in 2003 the yahoos at a certain independent Honda shop
with whom I dealt insisted on replacing the whole housing on
my 91 Honda, claiming it would fix the "dies after warmup
while driving and at stoplights" problem, and it did not.
Turned out to be the coil. They replaced that a couple weeks
later when my car was a "comeback."

On the third hand, like I say, with the myriad other
problems an old housing can have (stripped rotor set screw;
bad bearing; old wiring), a new housing once in a Honda's
life seems reasonable to me.

<patbro@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1157744830.347940.288570@h48g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> That rotor houses the IGNITER and mine failed.I was told
> to repalce the
> "hole" assembly.
> Ima gonna call Honda right now and see.
> 'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
>> patbro@gmail.com wrote:
>> >
>> > Looks like i have to buy a rotor assembly.About $300
>> > CDN.
>> > I got told it is a common/known problems on Honda.
>>
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>> What kind of "ROTOR" costs $300 ? ? ? Canadian tire sells
>> me rotors for
>> my distributor that cost about $11.
>>
>> 'Curly'
>

 

This exploded view of the 95 Civic CX's distributor might
help with some of the vocabulary:

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...UTOR+%28TEC%29

The quoted price you're getting seems fair enough for a
dealer.

<patbro@gmail.com> wrote
> $254.00 confirmed from Honda for the rotor assembly(witch
> is with the
> igniter comes)
> My mechanics told me it would repalce it for $300(labour
> included).
> Does not seem that bad to me.I'm in Canada by the way.
> pat...@gmail.com wrote:
>> That rotor houses the IGNITER and mine failed.I was told
>> to repalce the
>> "hole" assembly.
>> Ima gonna call Honda right now and see.
>> 'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
>> > patbro@gmail.com wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Looks like i have to buy a rotor assembly.About $300
>> > > CDN.
>> > > I got told it is a common/known problems on Honda.
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------
>> >
>> > What kind of "ROTOR" costs $300 ? ? ? Canadian tire
>> > sells me rotors for
>> > my distributor that cost about $11.
>> >
>> > 'Curly'
>

 

This exploded view of the 95 Civic CX's distributor might
help with some of the vocabulary:

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...UTOR+%28TEC%29

The quoted price you're getting seems fair enough for a
dealer.

<patbro@gmail.com> wrote
> $254.00 confirmed from Honda for the rotor assembly(witch
> is with the
> igniter comes)
> My mechanics told me it would repalce it for $300(labour
> included).
> Does not seem that bad to me.I'm in Canada by the way.
> pat...@gmail.com wrote:
>> That rotor houses the IGNITER and mine failed.I was told
>> to repalce the
>> "hole" assembly.
>> Ima gonna call Honda right now and see.
>> 'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
>> > patbro@gmail.com wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Looks like i have to buy a rotor assembly.About $300
>> > > CDN.
>> > > I got told it is a common/known problems on Honda.
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------
>> >
>> > What kind of "ROTOR" costs $300 ? ? ? Canadian tire
>> > sells me rotors for
>> > my distributor that cost about $11.
>> >
>> > 'Curly'
>

 

This exploded view of the 95 Civic CX's distributor might
help with some of the vocabulary:

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...UTOR+%28TEC%29

The quoted price you're getting seems fair enough for a
dealer.

<patbro@gmail.com> wrote
> $254.00 confirmed from Honda for the rotor assembly(witch
> is with the
> igniter comes)
> My mechanics told me it would repalce it for $300(labour
> included).
> Does not seem that bad to me.I'm in Canada by the way.
> pat...@gmail.com wrote:
>> That rotor houses the IGNITER and mine failed.I was told
>> to repalce the
>> "hole" assembly.
>> Ima gonna call Honda right now and see.
>> 'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
>> > patbro@gmail.com wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Looks like i have to buy a rotor assembly.About $300
>> > > CDN.
>> > > I got told it is a common/known problems on Honda.
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------
>> >
>> > What kind of "ROTOR" costs $300 ? ? ? Canadian tire
>> > sells me rotors for
>> > my distributor that cost about $11.
>> >
>> > 'Curly'
>