Sloth's Build

[OrrieG]

I remember wrestling with those distributors and I have pretty small hands. You need to make sure that none of the screws or wire connectors inside and outside the dist are grounded. If I remember right when tightening the nut on the wire connector outside it can turn the inside and short to the housing or dist. plate, which will keep the points from working.

I do not know if you can test for spark by wiring directly out of the coil. I just take a phillips screwdriver, shove a plug wire in it and hold it next to the block (about 1/4" away) while the engine turns, if everything is working you will get a blue spark when the cylinder is firing. Since you don't have the new cap, that might be the missing link.