HITACHI Electronic Ignition Systems - HONDA: Description

Honda electronic distributors consist of a housing, rotor and distributor cap. A reluctor, stator, magnets, pulse generator and breaker plate assemblies are located inside the distributor. On all Civic models and California Accord and Prelude models with automatic transmissions, the ignitor (control unit) is integral with the pulse generator inside the distributor. See Figure

Other models have an ignitor mounted elsewhere on the vehicle. See Figure. Most models have both centrifugal and vacuum advance/retard mechanisms. California Accord and Prelude models with automatic transmissions have no vacuum advance/retard mechanism.