Excellent gentlemen. I will do both of your suggestions, find the mark on the dizzy body and rotate the engine one more revolution. Both probably had something to do with it. Now if I could just fart off the rest of work today... --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jan van de Wouw" <delorean@xxxx> wrote: > --- In DMCForum, "cruznmd" wrote: > > > I think it's the timing. I feel very confident > > that I set the chains, pistons, and valves correctly. > > I rotated the engine by hand, and nothing was > > interfering. The distributor though... > > > > Here's what I did: Set piston 1 at TDC. > > Ehm... > You did take the correct TDC? > > Remember that your crank turns twice for > every one rotation of the distributor... > > There's a TDC between at the end of the compression > stroke, just before firing and there's one between > inlet and outlet... > If you accidentally get the second one (like we did :-( ) > you'll get backfires on either the exhaust or the inlet, > depending on your timing... > > Take OFF the dizzy, turn the crank ONE turn and re-time, > chances are that's all... > > Good luck, > > Jan van de Wouw > Thinking Different... Using a Mac... > Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... > > #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 > -------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595054/R=0/SIG=124f8kfa7/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3512152&yhad=1595054> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595054/rand=155971803> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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