Thanks AJ for the Excellent information about setting the points with an Ohmmeter! That will make it so easy to do on a bench. I'd always wondered how good my luck would be with a timing light, and how I was going to see both sides of the engine at the same time. With my Fluke DMM in Beep Mode, it won't have to be a two person job. My wife will probably like that as well, since she would be the one adjusting the points while I held the timing light (not likely).
I recently got a set of points from a not so respectable vendor and they were way off. Is it likely these were Chevy points? I didn't get a new bracket, and the new pin was the same length as the old one. It was like I couldn't adjust them far enough to even get closed when they should be.
Cubby123, hang in there. My guess is it's your ignition as well if you have compression at all. If you get it to fire at the right time, it should go. But I've chased my tail many hours on stuff myself... Good Luck!