Dang! Well the Cardone dist came in; it had no cap, no rotor and no vacuum module and the counter kid said that was all they offered. However, an older gentleman at the counter next to me overheard the conversation, asked what I was trying to do and told the kid to look under Dodge trucks starting from '62. When he got to '77 there it was and they could have it for me by 3 PM that afternoon.

Today, to be sure nothing was out of place, I got out the breaker bar and inch and a quarter socket and got it to TDC before putting in the new dist. I set the pickup gap at .008. While waiting on the dist to come in, I also purchased a new starter relay and I put that in too today. All that said and done and I got the same result - cranks but will not start. I am right back where I started. I have never had this much trouble trying to get a car to start. I have it on the charger right now, since I have just about run the battery down.