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  1. Well that's a problem. What you just did was cut off the spark supply to the rest of the ignition system and of course you're not going to get spark from that end of the wire because the distributor doesn't produce spark. (It's called a distributor for a reason) You're still getting spark. It's just all contained in the coil's middle terminal. (Which is NOT good for it. Tip: if you want to disable the ignition system to prevent the car from starting, ground the center lead or disconnect the wire going to the negative terminal of the coil.) If you're getting spark when you disconnect the middle wire on the distributor leading to the coil and ground it (assuming you have a spark tester in place. Or just put the wire close but not touching ground you'll get spark if it's working) then the coil side of the system is fine. From what you told me, just connect the wire and see if the car starts. If it doesn't and you're confident that the field delivery is fine. then the problem is either in the dizzy(distributor), plugs, or plug wires.
  2. (Messed up here. Doing this from my smart phone, which has now been demoted to a dumb phone...or maybe I'm the one who's dumb)
  3. Hold on a minute! let me get the facts straight! What wire from the coil are you disconnecting and grounding? I pray it's not the positive wire to the coil you're grounding or your car might be in flames the next time you turn on the ignition.
  4. I know this might sound noobish but the threads to the oil pressure switch are metric and I cannot find a threaded hose in my area that has metric threads. As the reason I was posting this is because I tried the non metric threads into the oil switch threads, tightened it down all the way and it worked. But for those advanced mechanics who know how well aluminum threads hold up when not treated properly, I ended up striping the threads. I live near Seattle. Does anyone know a solution to this problem? like anyone know where I can get a M10 x1mm hose thread connector to imperial (whatever common size works) converter for that?
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    Oil pressure sensor female threads to oil pressure tester male threads.
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    Oil pressure gauge to distributor housing pointed to the oil pressure sensor threads

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  8. I I just did this today as well. though unlike you guys I just ended up taking the whole thing apart until I realized the problem was that lead gear. I find that slightly clamping the shiny part of the shaft with a vice works better then punching it.
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