check to see if points are opening when the motor is turned over, if they are check the terminal ends that are used to connect the coil and condenser to the points some will rotate enough to contact the points mounting plate shorting them out,burnt points, bad condenser , bad points ground and on some models there's a small ground strap from the points to the dist. that may not have a good ground,a test light will help greatly in finding your problem, remove dist.cap with ign off turn engine enough to open points ,with the light wire connected to a grd.turn ign switch on and check for voltage on the switch side of coil if it doesn't have voltage disconnect the switch wire test it for voltage,if not problem is in the switch wire circuit,if it does connect it back to the coil,check the dist. side post of coil it should have voltage if so test the wires at the points, if there's voltage at the points check at the points arm, if so check for (bad points contacts) or points grd, if dist. side did not have voltage turn ign.off remove the wire turn ign. back on and test coil post it should have voltage if coil is good,if it has voltage turn off ign, replace wire remove the wire from points,turn ign.back on check wire for voltage at the wire terminal end that was disconnected from points, if it has no voltage it's shorted out,if it has voltage the condenser or points are shorted out
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