Well that was 3 months of Saturday fun! LOL
Truck is running now. I used to tell people I kept the truck because I could work on it still as it was just points. ha ha.
Here is what I can figure out.. The coil was bad. But I replaced that after the points and condenser... I think I got a bum condenser or to was not seated all the way in the clamp. I switched it out to a blue streak on I had laying around and got some week spark finally. But I was testing right from the coil w/o the condenser. I read that the condenser plays a role in the size of the spark. So in the end, I re gaped the points and took a plug wire right off the top of the coil and turned over the motor and got a satisfactory looking spark.
I choked the carb and it started right up. After a year and a half. !
I will also mention that years back when I bought a new coil, the parts counter guy told me I needed a ballast. So I installed one.
Going through all this nonsense and looking in the 68 rebuild manual, Chevy has an inline ballast for that motor model year and an external one is not needed.
There was only one wire going to the + side of my coil. So I was starting with the reduced voltage, not the full 14 volts from the battery.
Also might cause a weaker looking spark.
But hey... Thanks for all your help slow walking through all this!! I look forward to a brake issue or a wheel bearing I can fix that are not electrical.!!
