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Originally Posted by Trackrash
Check the points.
You will not get 12 volts at the coil. You will get 12 volts at the points. Be careful, it is more like 300 v at the coil.
Since your CD box is making noise, I assume it is getting power.
Take the center coil wire and place the end next (1/ 8") to the motor to check for spark. Remove the cap and rotor from the distributor. With the ignition on manually operate the points and check for spark from the coil.
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I tried the coil plug wire near ground and got nothing. Also pulled a plug and wire and held it up to ground and got nothing there as well.
I just pulled the dizzy cap and rotated the engine by hand and see points moving but not very far, the gap is almost not noticeable. There is 12v+ on the arm of the points and ground on the base. The 12v+ seems to be cutting in and out as my probe chirps like a bad connection almost (registering 12v on and off and on and off. etc...etc..)
With the wire coming from the coil 1/8 in from ground on fan I moved the points arm as far as I could and got no spark on coil. (not sure I did that all right)