Everyone's vote counts but you all lose. The coil was fried. Rather than shotgun it I installed the new points and condenser first. No fire. I then installed new $16.95 internally resisted coil and Viejo fired right up.

This has been a good refresher course for me BTW, and I appreciate the input as always.

Don

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