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sgwilson904, I had all the symptoms you had and went through many dead ends looking for a cause. Mine would die randomly but start right up on the side of the road. One time while coasting dead to a stop, I happened to move the advance lever, had a HUGE backfire and the engine started running by itself. Inspected the lower distributor plate & wire was fine... but the rivets that hold it in place were slightly loose. Just loose enough to randomly interrupt the ignition. Moving the advance stressed the loose rivets and gave me ignition. I replaced the bottom plate and have not had that sudden stall again.
Hope that helps.