Some advice on going to electronic ignition on my A4.

[Dave Neptune]

Graphite is way to conductive to be around and electrical at all and especially HIGH Voltage like the ignition and a wet environment to boot. Use a nonmetallic light grease when done cleaning.

Just replace the cap and rotor, any graphite under a contact will fly around when things are a spinning!!!

Dave Neptune

[pearsontriton28]

*update* as suggested by a few, I cleaned out the dry graphite lube. I also installed an electronic ignition, new plugs, new coil, rotor and cap. I checked for spark and there it was. I was impressed by how quickly the old engine fired up with the new ignition system. She idles nicer than ever also. Back to my original of it dying while in gear, that is also taken care of. I’m looking forward to quick starts, smooth idles and no more point changes. Thank you everyone for the advice.