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Key on. Unplug dist connector. Hold coil wire 1/4 to 1/2 from ground. Tap the exposed harness side male pin of the dist connector to a good ground. The coil should shoot a spark every time.




OK, I did this and I get a nice fat spark (shocked myself pretty good actually) So would this isolate the problem to the distributor/pickup?

Making progress, thanks!



Yes it sounds like a pick up problem. Make sure the distributor is turning... Seems like you are diagnosing on the right track. Let us know how it works out.



I checked that and the distributor is turning. can I get the pickup off with the distributor in the car? or do i need to take it out and pull the shaft out?



Pull the rotor, reluctor and inbolt the pick up. So yes it could be done in the car.