Well of course what else is new LOL. although honestly though I I was just thinking I may not have to do all that I mean I'm getting power to the coil but not the distributor I've even taken the coil wire or wire off the center of the distributor and put it to the block there's still no spark there and the only wire that I have not touched inside the distributor is the one at the bottom that goes from hell I don't even know still one wire that I haven't touched.

I guess the only thing left after that wire is replacing the point and I have no idea how those are coming off I can take out one screw that loosens it so you can adjust it what the adjusting screw doesn't come off so I don't know how else how to do that I mean in theory as far as I understand you should be able to just take those two screws out in the points come off but that adjusting screw only goes so far in either direction so I have no idea

The dash indoor instrument panel should come off basically in one piece right with the group of screws running by where the windshield is on the inside or should be the only screws or bolts holding it dash on because that's really the only way I'm going to I think I'm going to get to that ignition and everything else is my fat ass is not going to squeeze on that floor hooking up under the dash lol

Thanks Howard I appreciate it I'm going to spend some time studying as diagrams I'm trying to follow the wires and whatnot and see if I can't find breaking the wire somewhere or something else I know with the threads or posts that Andrew had done he mentioned disconnecting a wire I believe that went to the overdrive I'm kind of wondering if it might be a similar situation with this car however I'm not entirely sure because it used to be an automatic and someone had converted it to a manual so that'll be at the very least an interesting chore to deal with.

I looked I took the cover off of the voltage regulator and looked all right didn't look corroded or dirty or a broken or anything like that the same thing with the fuses next to the battery those look okay so think I'm just going to have to work with that diagram and maybe try to figure something out

Okay let's theoretically say that maybe my car was converted to a 6 volt system which I really don't think it was how would I know that I mean the voltage regulator that's attached to the firewall says it's a 6 volt regulator.

Maybe one of you guys could send me a diagram of the wires to and from the regulator voltage regulator I don't know if that picture that I attached looks right to you guys or not. thank you appreciate it

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Okay so I was I went back and started reading a forum that Andrew had started not quite sure how long ago but probably a little while ago and I did everything tested everything that was suggested in that post or forum post whatever as he was also having no spark as I said before I've changed everything you know plugs wires coil distributor rotor the only thing I haven't changed is the points I replace the wire that goes from the coil to the distributor side I also replace the wire that is inside the rotor I'm sorry distributor going from the points to the distributor terminal still no spark I switched the battery terminals around so that would they would be the ground strap would go to the positive terminal and the negative terminal would go to the starter still no difference the only thing that at this point I think might be plausible is the ignition wire running from the coil to the ignition it does seem a little stiff although it has been replaced with the modern wire so I'm thinking that's probably good at this point I don't know I really don't

Yeah no that's fine I wasn't saying anything bad about it I was just curious

Hey what's with all the electrical tape wrapped around the wires you do that just for like insulation or to keep them okay

Yeah so when I started working on the car that's the way it was set up I'm pretty sure it's still the original 6 volt system it does have a six volt battery and my boss who owns the car likes to keep things original and if he bought it I'm pretty positive that it was the original six volt system so if I'm understanding you guys correctly the ground strap running from the block should be on the positive battery post and the starter cable should be on the negative battery post if that's the case then the battery is in backwards so if I actually took the battery and you know hope the the ground strap up to the positive and the starter up to the negative would it hurt anything I mean would it be fine and yes it is a 6 volt battery and the starter was rebuilt not the generator though that probably needs to be done too

All right thank you I appreciate that I will do that tomorrow after work cuz it's getting kind of late and I got to half an hour drive home so but I will definitely do that

I also put a new condenser in it the start has been rebuilt and as far as I can tell all the connections are clean but as far as the timing I have no idea cuz I can't check it unless the engine's running