Idemann

You should be able to reuse the heatsink, it's just a lump of metal that that the ICM screws to and then the screws from the outside of the dizzy screw into the heatsink. I fitted a new ICM yesterday and it came with some thermal paste for reassembly. see my post here. Some links to cheaper alternatives on ebay there too.

PS noodles Really useful link, thanks. I hadn't seen that before.

Good News ICM arrived today, big thank you to naesltd on ebay for shipping so quickly. Paid 2pm yesterday and it was waiting for me when I got home from work. Fitted while we waited for a chinese then took her for a long drive after we'd eaten and all is good She even feels a bit livelier but I guess that's to be expected given the state of the cap & rotor. It is worth noting that I did put a few hours into diagnostics, checking the manuals and forums and researching the part. If I was having to pay a mechanic to do this at £20/30/40 per hour then a new dissy soon becomes the cheaper option. However, my time is free and I have to save a buck where I can. I ended up doing the job for £78.76 but that includes leads at a wopping £42. I could have got them cheaper, about £30 on ebay, but it was saturday afternoon and eurocarparts had them in by monday morning. I do have some concerns about how long a pattern part may last but if she makes it to the MOT in march then I'll be happy I'll keep you posted.

Well, cap leads and rotor fitted, took her for a spin, all good for 20mins then spent the next 20 mins smoking in a lay-by before she would start again Mark, thanks for the pointer. I had a look on ignitioncarparts.co.uk, the 6 month warranty units are used and work out at £111 + return shipping for the exchange. The cheapest I found new on ebay in the UK was £100 for a TD44U but I'm really trying to spend as little as possible Jake, if I'm correct, this is a cheap repair that can be done by almost anyone with only a cross head screw driver and a 7mm ring spanner in under an hour. No cutting, soldering or timing required. It's gotta be worth a try I've ordered this one now, £11.50 with 1st class P&P, I'll let you all know how I get on. I'll take some pics as I do it and if it works out I'll put up a How To

Thanks Nick, I'll bear that in mind

Hi All, Long story short, my engine started randomly cutting out whilst driving. I'd pull over, turn everything off, wait an ever increasing time and it would start again. I pulled the MIL codes and got DTC 15, Ignition Output Signal, and after searching on this amazing website (thanks all), came to the conclusion I was going to have to change the distributor. Now, I'm reluctant to change the distributor as I don't have a timing lamp or any experience of setting timing so would have to pay someone else to do this on top of the parts. Plus there doesn't seem to be many TD86U distributors available in this country, for reasonable money anyways. There are some on ebay in america for around £70 delivered but there seems to be issues with compatibility between JDM & UKDM distrubutors. Any how, I got it in my garage yesterday and started to get the dissy cap off. The metal contact from 1 of the leads stayed in the cap so new leads required. Inside the cap, the retaining screw for the rotor arm had worked loose and made a real mess (I'm surprised it was running at all) so new cap and rotor required. These are all ordered and I will fit monday eve and with a little bit of luck these will have been the actual cause of my problems. However, whilst I was cleaning inside the dissy I took the Ignition Control Module out and got the part number NEC MC-8541. Now, the Honda service manual suggests that this is the part of the dissy that needs replacing with DTC 15 (page 11-B-41). After a fair bit of google and ebay research I cross referenced this number to a few others including: Lucas DAJ904, Intermotor 15750 and Quinton Hazell XEI44 as fitted to older Hondas and Rovers. These and others like them are readily available on ebay for as little as £9.50 delivered (new old stock). http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IGNITION-MODULE-ROVER-216-GTi-XW-1990-1991-1992-14993-1994-1995-/331033805359?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3ARover&hash=item4d1327022f http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-ACCORD-IV-SALOON-2-2-I-16V-AUTOMATIK-1990-TO-1993-IGNITION-MODULE-AMPLIFIE-/181228936483?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a32161d23 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-IGNITION-MODULE-FOR-ROVER-HONDA-/251098445392?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a76a23650 My questions are, has anybody tried using an aftermarket ICM such as theses instead of replacing the whole dissy and what was the result. Also does anybody know why these would not all be equivalent to each other and as such valid replacements for the ICM as fitted? I'm hoping this research might prove to be a cheap repair whilst replacement parts for these Civics are getting rarer and more expensive.