Help Urgently Needed - Stuck on Road

[Endriu]

Sorry to ask for help but while driving in Sweden with my '68 Pagoda after 50th Anniversary meeting in Germany suddenly the car stopped in the middle of the road no warning or anything.
  
Now stuck in the middle of the country. Hope someone can look at the engine tomorrow morning.

The dashboard works and the engine turns but seems no electricity reaches the spark plugs.  

I just wonder if someone had this kind of problem and maybe could give some advice

Many many thanks  

PS
If you send email:  endriu@gmx.com

Andrea V.

[garymand]

Listen for the electric fuel pump.  I've had the fuse go out.  If you hear the pump, does it turn over with normal compression sounds.
If the pump is on and the motor turns the same but does not start, pull a plug wire and listen for spark.  check loose connections and point wiper to open points.  will email with more.

[Peter van Es]

Andrea,

Please look at this thread and read it all: http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=5486.0

Also of use:

http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=15218.0

And

http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=14013.0

Read everything carefully and eliminate that which does not apply to you.

Note that typically organisations like ADAC in Germany, RAC in the UK, Wegenwacht in Netherlands, and http://www.motormannen.se/ in Sweden are very good at diagnosing these starting problems, also for old cars. If you have a local membership in your own country, you can typically use them quite cheaply everywhere.

Peter

(And please do not use all capitals... Or post the same message twice... It is considered impolite around here)

[Peter van Es]

Full members can also read the entire Starting Aid Tour here: http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Restricted/Engine-starting-aid-tour

It is also written up in a number of issues of Pagoda Notes, available here:

http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Restricted/PagodaNotes

Volume 2, issue 2,3 and 4

Peter

[Endriu]

Just a quick note to thank everyone for all the help from around the world  Not easy writing from smart phone and no connecrion in the missle of nowhere.
Changed some condensator and orher elect parts.  Now driving at night to Hamburg!!! 
Will wriite properly from Florence once we get there!!!!
A presto!!! E grazie ancora!!!
Ps
Sorry for the capital letters and double posting.....

[Peter van Es]

Good to hear and safe travels...

[Endriu]

To all Pagoda lovers,

i am now in Hamburg, enjoying this beautiful city while my beloved pagoda il checked by this amazing guy (Gunnar Hans)
who is a real expert on Pagodas.
His workshop was like a candy store to kids for me....
He is so kind and tomorrow will pick up car and continue to Italy.
The swedish experience was quite a funky one.  The mechanic we went to and fixed the distribution cap and condensator had bought the business fron a guy who was mecedes
oldtimer lover so he had parts that even the mercedes dealer next door could have never dreamed to carry in their wearhouse.
So it took a long time to figure things out but..... everything was great at the end.
Now comes the part i wanted to share with you....
I cannot believe how many people wrote and actually send me their phone number to call them.
The information Peter sent were amazingly detailed. 
Anyway is so nice to feel part of a community so i wanted to tell everyone that if you ever come around Tuscany
especially during the mille miglia,  call me at +39-335.6123836 or write to endriu@gmx.com  i will take you around the
best Tuscan hills with my Pagoda.....
Will try post some pics soon
in the meantime you might like my video from last year.......

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gUgk8M1ipA

Ciao
ps
will post this message also on FB

[UJJ]

Endriu

wonderful video; thanks for sharing it with us. What a trip you had, I'm jelous.
Urban