Kyle,

I thought you would be driving around by now.

A ignition coil can heat up if the key is left on and the points are closed.

Your timing procedure, although a tad complicated, appears to have you where you are suppose to be.

A little trickle charge into the battery would have been a good idea until you return for tonight's episode.

I WOULDN'T remove the carburetor and do the starting fluid only drill. This won't accomplish much and might confuse things.

You indicated in an earlier post that the truck had backfired, so the assumption is that there is fire to the plugs.

The point gap is important, it must be correct. The primary lead wire...the wire from the key to the coil should be on the little post with a + on it.

Your tester should/might have a DC voltage setting as well the AC voltage setting. Sometimes these are depicted as two squiggly lines for AC and two straight lines for DC.

This thing should go tonight..don't give up.

Stuart