At least someone is listening Bob
I was going to shy away from the electrical stuff but then I was, 'eeeh, what's the worst that can happen? It's not running now anyways.'
I am thinking of just going with MSD, but I don't want to add on to the problems. I am thinking it is something simple in the wiring. But the MSD search lead to this info from timmy2;
On the original 3 pin connector:
The middle red terminal is switched power.
The black wire is to the points.
The blue/yellow wire is to the coil positive.
I can confirm middle does have power. Should I just run my own wire from black to points (I assume this is to the distributor) and then a new wire from blue/yellow to + on coil?
Edit; crap. Of course there would be 2 identical white wires
Oh well.