[buzzinhalfdozen]

I've been watching this thread, I haven't heard if you actually checked for compression on tis engine. I would checkit if not , you said that when you spun the dist. you had spark correct? well if you have spark that way then you will have it when the engine is turning the dist. Here is what I would do Put the dist. back in the engine correctly set on #1 TDC, have someone crank the engine while you look with a timing light you should see your static timing figure at each flash. I saw someone post that they have had rotors become loose in dists. I have also seen this but only on the crank trigger versions. If you have consistant spark showing at your static timing(ie. base timing) you are not experiencing an ignition fault.As I had previously posted the ald MSD's just work or they don't work there is no grey area with them, once again insure that you have the dist. properly phased to #1 TDC event and have someone crank for you while you look with a timing light if you see your base timing at each spark event than you are NOT experiencing an ign. related event. Good luck Joe. please keep us updated and please check the comp. as it is important to check the basics