I installed a new oil pump on the 440 in my '72. There is a rubber O-ring that didn't want to allow the pump to enter the block, and I mistook that for resistance from the shaft that drives the pump. I have not had a 440 apart in this area, and other cars I've worked on in antiquity had the distributor's tail driving the oil pump, so naturally I removed the distributor to try to clear a path for the oil pump, figuring that I'd wiggle the rotor and fit it back together once the pump was in. That didn't help because they're not directly connected, and I found that I just needed to push harder (force) the pump into the block, where it is now comfortably installed. So I go back up top and reinstall the distributor with the rotor pointing the (one of two possible) way that I "thought" is was when it came out (I looked first). The gear driving the dist. was not moved, so rotor oientation should not be off unless installed reverse. No fire. I have spark. I remote start the engine and rotate the distributor through its entire range of motion. No Fire. I pull the distributor and spin the rotor 180 degrees, crank and run dist. through entire range of adjustment. No Fire. I line up the timing mark on 0 degrees, open up the dist. and note that after having returned it to the first position, it is sort-of close to the #1 spark wire. No Fire. The car ran really great besides the oil pump, and all it took was me to defunct it. I think that I'm missing one logic step, and can't figure out what it is. I know about where the distributor was and have had it there and everywhere else. I can hear the ticking of the electricity when the rotor is rotated with the cap off, so I know it's "hot". Ideas? Kenyon Wills ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm