So got the new temp gauge in the cluster and the whole shebang back in the panel. Running new wires and cutting out the old bad stuff worked just fine. Now I'm waiting on my Speedometer to come back from Deluxe in Colorado (yep, it was one of those, "As long as I got this apart I might as well . . ." I believe the military calls it, "Mission creep.")
No spark though. So I'm chasing that down. Doesn't look related to this rewire: I get good battery voltage at the coil (12.5V with key on), and 3 volts out of the coil (negative post to distributor), this is an internal resister type coil. The coil when isolated tests at 3 ohms between terminals, and 9K ohms between the positive and the high tension lead out. The distributor has the same 3 volts out of the coil to the block connecting the points, and 3 volts into the points. With the key off there's no continuity to ground for this circuit (from the coil to the points) so it's ok. I have one of Jon G's condensers, but also tried the distributor with an old style condenser. Both bench tested fine and neither made a difference.
But no fire, no spark to the plugs.
