Just to keep this thread up in the event it helps someone else down the road. I tried the clean ground suggestion with no luck. I wired in a 12V coil and battery and got decent cranking speed. No start though. Next cracked the vacuum line to the wipers and had wife inject continuous stream of gas while trying to start. Got it to fire off and kept running for 4-5 seconds by feathering the throttle before I had to shut down because of a leaking water valve (who would’ve thought) and engine oil coming out of the cylinder head where the ignition coil is mounted on standard trucks (again, didn’t realize the two holes were threaded deep enough to have oil behind). Anywho, will do one more post when finally successful.
