miss fire then died!!!!!!

hi everyone just to say how concerned i am was just drivin with great joy as always, got miss fire then just died!!! tried everyting plus ditributoir cap but to no joy  so my pride and joy got picked up loaded up and took to the garage, im workin in aberdeen mon to fri so its a long week to see her again but she in good hands as sis fieance (cant spell it) and his dad are mechanics so im sure they get her up and going i hope lol well just to let everyone know thans people lol

is the distributor bolted tight?