The first thing I would look for is spark. Check to see that you are getting spark from the ignition system. If you do not have spark check the connections on the ballast resistors and possibly the pick-up coil in the distributer. I am assuming you did not run out of fuel? David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, BondAtomic@xxxx wrote: > The DMC had its first starting problems in 2 years today. I drove around for > a while, and parked; shutting it off for a little while. When I came back, I > turned the key, and it turned over, and when it was running, I let go of the > key, and it sputtered and died. The DMC would not start after this. The > starter would go, but the engine wouldn't start. After a while, though, it > did fire. This also happened later that day, after I had it off for around an > hour. > Thanks for any ideas. > > John > 4275 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]