I decided to do a tune up on my 68 Camaro 250 6 Cylinder including wires, plugs, points, condenser, cap & rotor.

I put everything back together and the car will not start. there is no spark from the coil.

I set the points at .19 to spec, and tried to get a spark by putting a piece of paper between the points. Still no spark.

The only thing i can think of is that I forgot to turn off the ignition switch when I was changing the points and there were some sparks, but I don't see how that would affect it.

I have been working on it for hours, and am no newcomer to working on cars, although I have not worked on a points ignition in years. this is kicking my a@@....

Is there anything elseI can check or may be missing?

By the way the coil is also new. And I tried all of the old parts to eliminate the new ones being bad.

 

[8D] todd we need to start with some basics does the pos side of the coil have 12 volts to it with key on?? what does it have while cranking, next a dwell meter will need to be used to not only check dwell but to set it as well( initial gap will get you close but only a meter should be used to verify dwell) i believe some of the generals early stuff may have used a fusible link at the starter solenoid to provide full 12 volts during cranking( one of the reasons for the coil voltage test) try these and get back to us kurt

 

I finally figured it out...... The terminal that connects to the points from the distibutor was grounded to the distributor body....



Boneheaded mistake....[:@]

Thanks for the reply...[/align]

 

Glad to see it worked out for you.