ok, this is the help I was looking for--thank you! I will look at the other posts also.
I notice the new rotor did not match the old rotor and used the old rotor 4 years back. Maybe I should start over and get new condenser, points--I will look at the other posts to troubleshoot.
just to clarify...when you say there was a cap change--does that mean I should specify a specific cap (1954, 261ci), or does it mean that they don't make the previous version and there is a new rotor that goes with the distributor cap change?