Thanks to everybody for all the help. I followed everybody's answers, although
not all at the same time, and not necessarily in the order received. I changed
back to the old carburetor. No luck. Compression checks out good. I pulled
number 2 plug to check for spark (grounding the plug on the header). No spark.
I checked number 1 again, spark. I re-checked all the wires. I then pulled
all the plugs and checked them, one by one, by grounding them. Five fired,
three did not! I re-checked the spark plug wires. No luck. I ran into town
and got new plugs. I checked them BEFORE putting them in. Four fired, four
did not. I re-checked wires. I figured my new coil might be bad, so I put the
old super Accel back on. Still, only some plugs fired. But now only three.
Hmmmm. This must be a weak spark., I replaced the coil wire. No better. I
tried the plugs on different leads. If I moved them to different spark plug
wires, they still fired, but other plugs would not fire where these had fired
before. It was the plugs, not the leads. I figure it must be the magnetic
hi-tech part of the distributor that's in the place where points are SUPPOSED
TO BE. I have no way of seeing or checking that part. I HATE HI-TECH! It's
acting a lot like a points distributor when the gap is way to wide. I called
Jeg's and boxed the distributor back up for return. I ordered a dual point
Mallory - something I understand. Now, when that one gets here on Monday, I
can see and trace everything from the battery to the plug electrode! :I'll let
you know how chapter 2 goes around the middle of next week.
Dick J
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