I'm still stuck on the distributor. Couldn't the gap on the plug act like the gap on the points, causing the coil/condensor to dump. I have a couple of old mallory dual point distributors in the basement, one six lobes, one has three. The one with six opens both points at once, the other opens every other one. The second one requires two condensors to work.
Is it possible the points aren't opening or they are shorting out on every other cylinder?
I'm don;t pretend to know very much about the ignition circuit, so I could be way off. I'm sorry if I am.
