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Originally Posted by TomInCologne
okay, Margarethe and i had our first problem. She didn't want to start, smell of fuel was there but no ignition. I had a long, hard think about it and i assumed that it must be the distributor. What did i find? No connection between the distributor cover and the plate below it. See photographs. Worn and used up metal in 91 years? The new distributor is ordered and the tdmporary fix is a bit of copper grease on top the metal lid and under the cover, giving better connection between the two parts.
Should this little dab of copper grease be part of the routine service work?
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I had this issue earlier and it was my ignition coil. I was driving fine and it suddenly quit. I had fuel but didn't seem to have spark. Using a test light, one side to frame, and the other to each side of the coil. I had light on one side and none on the other. Replaced the coil and voila - light on each side and immediate start.
Someone may want to chime in whether I had to have the key position on or off to test this, as I can't remember, but that was my issue.