[jbrewer]

Wow, lots of things changed during that operation.

If you lay the spark plug on the head so that the flats of the plug are resting against the (grounded) cylinder head and crank the engine, do you see any spark ? (do this in a dark area , obviously). You should be able to see it and hear it.

Were you making those measurements with the coil connected?

I'd try and swap a coil (as mentioned above) too. Barring that, it's probably something you changed not a coil mysteriously going bad , even though that's possible.

I'd consider putting the ohmmeter on one side of the points and turn the engine over by hand with the other side of the ohmmeter on the points side of the coil wire. Do you "see" the points open and close? Is the condenser on the correct side (the points side) of the coil (this shouldn't make it fail, but best to check).

Is the + side of the coil @12 v when the key is on?


Summary: First determine if it's getting any spark at all. If no, we'll backtrack. There's only a couple things it could be.