Hello, Over the past day or so I did the following with my DeLorean 1. jumpered the RPM relay - the fuel pump ran, but the car did not start.. after several minutes of cranking the engine I could smell gas in the engine 2. checked voltages at the ballast resistor - all normal 3. checked voltages at the ignition coil - all normal 4. checked for spark at igintion coil - no spark -based on my findings, the problem is most likely either the ignition coil (unlikely since I hear these rarely fail) or the distributor coil (I hear these are a common failure item on Delorens) Am I correct on my diagnosis?? Plese let me know .. replacing the distributor coil is out of my league as I don't have the mechanical expereincce to pull the fuel distributor and intake manifold off the engine to get to the distributor :( If anyone has any recommendations as what I should do next or if I did anything wrong with my diagnosis, plese let me know Thanks Chris #6453 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/