On The 86' Accord Lxi w/MT, The Black/Yellow Striped Power Wire That Powers The Coil...Is It Ok To Bypass The Main Relay For Just The Coil, With The Black/Yel. Striped Wire That Powers It?:confused:
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On The 86' Accord Lxi w/MT, The Black/Yellow Striped Power Wire That Powers The Coil...Is It Ok To Bypass The Main Relay For Just The Coil, With The Black/Yel. Striped Wire That Powers It?:confused:
The main relay has two coils inside of it: one powers the fuel pump (yellow - position 5 on the connector), and the other powers the cpu and also goes to the fuel injector resistors (yellow/blk - position 7). A yellow/blk wire also comes into the main relay from the dash fuse box (position 6).
Other positions on the connector are:
#1: ground
#2: not shown as used
#3: hot in start
#4: ground
#8: always hot from fuse 1 in under-hood fuse box
This is what is in my '89, your config may differ.
I'm not quite sure what you're planning, but remember: "don't fix it if it ain't broke"
Not Too Long Ago, I Had A Power Problem With My Coil. From What I Understood, The Dizzy Coil's Power Was Connected Through The Main Relay, So I Found The Wire, I'm Sure Was The Right One And Bypassed The Main Relay. Car Cranks But Runs Odd...I Can Somewhat Notice A Difference But I'm Kinda At A Loss. When You Pop The Hood, It's Labeled KA. Not KE, KX Or Any Of The Others. I Have Yet To Find A Manual That Covers The KA Accord...Could I Safely Bypass The Main Relay To Power The Dizzy Coil? Or Would It Be Wiser To Put It Back The Way It Was?
I'm pretty sure that your '86 is like my '89. The black/yellow wire comes out of the ignition switch in the run position, goes into the dash fuse box, comes out as another black/yellow and goes straight to the ignition coil (there's a branch to the radio noise condenser between the fuse box and the coil). The main relay is not involved in this circuit. If you have been disconnecting a wire that goes to the CPU from the main relay you may be in some weird mode which could explain the funny running.
Send me a PM with your email if you want a *.pdf copy of the '89 Electrical Troubleshooting Manual. It should be enormously helpful in this case.