Since then he's thrown every part but the kitchen sink at it, and if he was able to figure a way to install that, I'm sure it would be on there too. He has battery voltage at the side terminal of the distributor, indicating a complete circuit to that point. The only thing left in the circuit to ground is the point set- - - -they've got to be open circuited for some reason- - - -out of adjustment or defective. "I have not set up points in 40+ years" tells me just about all I need to know about this situation.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!