test light results!

no dice.

wired up the test light to the coil positive, and the coil negative, with the key on, it should light up, right? it doesn't

it doesn't flash while cranking either. tach wire is pulled way out of the way too, so no interferance from that.

I DID have the orange box from the cuda, it was still on the firewall...but hasn't run in 4 years. same results. no light.

so...2 bad boxes?

bad ground to box? I thought I tested that too, by putting a jumper from the case of the box straight to the negative battery terminal, I attached it at the screw that holds it to the inner fender, which touches bare unpainted metal on the box, and I attached it to the blue annodized thing on the front, and it wouldn't start when I tried that.

with a helper (the wife reluctantly gave me about 45 seconds of her time ), I had it all hooked up and pulled a plug, had her crank, and no sparks.

oh yea...I succumbed...brand new coil while she was doing this