I was just trying that to see if it was a ground issue, but didn't help so I took that off. I'm at a total loss on this and past my point of frustration. LOL.
I have a SBC on my '39 with HEI and MSD and it was 1,000 times easier. LOL. I wanted to keep my '49 original for the most part, but now I'm second guessing that. LOL