David, Try the following test to determine that the rotor is oriented correctly. Check the timing with a regular timing light and see if cylinder #1 is firing at the TDC #1 pulley notch while cranking the engine. "We're here to help you" DMC Help / De Lorean Services / <dmchelp@xxxx> Web Site: <www.deloreanservices.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Delorean17@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 8:06 PM Subject: [DML] back firing, no start > Hello, > My car started to get hard to start about 2 months ago and would take > more and more time to turn over until it finally wouldnt about 2 days later. > Since the car sat for so long before I got it I thought there might be > corrosion in the ignition distributor and other ignition components. I took > the cap off and there was a little bit of corrosion so I removed dist and had > it cleaned. I put it back in and had the correct notch(opposite notch at > 7:30 position) on the pully lined up with the "0" notch on the plate, and I > made sure the rotor was pointed to the #1 cylinder firing position. I put > in new plugs, rotor,cap and wires as long as I had the intake off. > It will not start now. I just get backfires out of the intake when I > turn it over. I checked all of the vacuum lines and they are tight. I see > that the canister in the rear pontoon has the cap missing from the port that > does not have a hose going to it. is it necessary to have the cap on it? any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated on what my problem could be > ! > Thank You > David