My 1991 Honda Civic DX won’t start. Here is the breakdown of my troubleshooting steps, but I’m an amateur so…

NOTE: Car has newly replaced dist cap, rotor, plugs, wires, fuel filter, and custom air intake which have all run fine for about 2,000+ miles since replacement. Battery is also relatively new. Stock alternator with 120,000 miles.

Starter cranks at normal speed but no ignition.

I checked just about everything except fuses; near-full tank of gas, coolant and oil levels correct, checked vacuum lines, fuel filter (no leaking), plugs and wires, belts, all ok. Also car ran without issues just 5 hours prior, and nothing was left on.

Proceeded to attempt jumping car. Same results as before.

This leads me to conclude that it must not be the battery or starter, right?

I tried to hear the fuel pump from the fender when the key was turned on and off, but heard nothing, although, there was an air compressor running about 50 feet away so I don’t rely on this too much. But is there typically a fuse for the fuel pump that could be burnt out? Seems unlikely to me that this is the issue, but as far as I can tell the charging system is ok… like I said, I am an amateur though.

Here is my question for you guys… could this have anything to do with a bad alternator?

I always thought even if your alternator was completely toast, you could still start the car with a fully charged battery, or especially with a jump, at least for a little bit. Is this false? Nothing has been tampered with since the last successful start.

Please help steer me in the right direction, and thanks a million for your time! You guys are great!

-Kyle Williams