Andy - That peg is called the rotor... You may also have a fuel injector problem on those cylinders. If you have a timing light, put it on one of the bad cylinders and see if it fires. If you don't have a light, remove one of the spark plugs from the bad cylinders. Attach it to the spark plug wire and hold the side of the plug against the block with a pair of pliers gripping the spark plug boot and start the car. If you see a spark, you have a fuel delivery problem, not an ignition problem. -- Mike -------------- Original message from "odell_andy" <odell_andy@xxxxxxxxxxx>: -------------- > the distributor cap & spinning peg(?) are brand new, so are the leads. > plugs all test good. the white/slate wire is connected to the > distributor base. What would cause only the Left 3 plugs to fire? > distributor cap is on correctly. all parts are from delorean specialists. > any ideas? > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/