No spark. WHY ME!?

[justinburnett]

Alright, for anyone that's been following the hell I've been going through lately you know why I just want to kill myself now.

Just put in a new engine and trans for my 73 truck. I'm currently getting 0 spark. Have the old points type distributor and it worked fine when I pulled it a month or so ago.

Currently to the coil I have a yellow wire from the harness going to positive, plus the condensor thingy, and the wire from the dizzy goes to the negative.

I have no spark at the coil. What could be causing this and how do I fix it ASAP? my brain is so fried right now I can't even think straight, and my wallet is empty. Thanks.

I'll be away from the computer till tomorrow morning. have to go to work. Hopefully tomorrow i can make it work.

P.S. I did check the power lead to the coil and it is hot when the ignition is on. Also I'm getting no spark from the coil, not just to the plugs.
I don't know anything about breaker points whatsoever, but my idea is that they close the negative connection as the dizzy is spinning? Maybe I'm wrong.
basically, the only thing it could be is either the points are no good, or the coil is bad, right? All ideas welcome.