Help will not start, Debug Options

[neilbardsley]

I've been driving around all weekend in my 914. It has never failed to start quickly. I've been giving it a tune up. Sine it's new to me. Yesterday I fitted new points and adjusted the angle from 60 to about 48. I couldn't find the timing marks so decided to wait a day.

After much searching I found the 27 degree advance mark. It's hidden on the side of the fly wheel I can't see without using my mobile. Seeing that I had moved the dwell angle from 60 to 48 I suspected the car was running a bit better because it was now too advanced. Once I took the vacuum lives off the distributor it was idling nearer 2000. After going the wrong way I figured out I needed to turn the distributor clockwise to retard it. Got it onto the timing mark when decided to attach my rpm counter to check I was at 3400 when hitting the 27 adv mark. The car stopped mid check and just refused to start again.

Not clear to me what failed mid test. I suspect something electronic but ? I checked that I hadn't removed any ignition wires from the distributor cap still no luck. I should add the green oil light has stopping coming on when I try to start. Then it got dark

Might order a new condenser and fit it? Anyone know the part number?

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