On Apr 19, 10:26 pm, Tegger > wrote:
> Just went through a sequence of emails from a guy in Georgia.
>
> He bought a '95 V6 Accord very cheaply from the owner, who gave up on it
> because he couldn't get it running.
>
> The Georgia guy was totally stumped, so asked me for any tips I might think
> of. We went through everything. There was spark, there was fuel, everything
> was apparently there. But the engine would crank and not show any sign of
> firing up.
>
> One thing he never mentioned until the very end was that the engine was
> blowing back through the intake, but compression was good.
>
> Guess what was wrong?
>
> The previous owner had installed a starter from some other vehicle that ran
> BACKWARDS from the Accord's proper starter. The engine was spinning the
> wrong way around when cranked.
>
> Replacing the starter with a correct one fixed the problem with no other
> changes.
>
> How's *that* for a "gotcha"?
>
> --
> Tegger
>
> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Reminds me of a friend of mine who bought a Saab Sonnett way back when
from somebody who couldn't get his self-installed alarm system to
work. Sure enough, he'd grounded all the switches, etc. to the
fibreglass.