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I, who really should have known better, did this very thing on my SL. What happened is I carelessly replaced my cap and didn't screw it down all the way,. I broke a tiny support inside the rotor, that holds it up so that the metal part is parallel with the distributor cap metal parts, and also holds the rotor in place to the distributor. None of this was visible from above the rotor. With this part broken, I was not getting a spark. I think that this part is designed to shear before the distributor gets twisted or possibly breaks an internal shear pin.
Furthermore, I smashed in the tab in the middle of the distributor cap, which I dug out (at $100 or so, I really wanted to try to repair it).
Anyway, after $25 on a rotor and CAREFUL reinstallation, it started in 1/2 second.
I felt that I had dodged a bullet.
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