Re: Mooing-Spewing- 65Rambler wont' start

["Brian Hagen" <brian.hagen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt,

Thanks for the help. Yep, I got the service manual and have been using it.

The volt meter is my crutch. I can never seem to understand it.  But if I 
can use a test light, i guess thats pretty 'dummy proof'.

I didn't have the key turned to "ON" when I did the "engine bay remote 
start". I hadn't thought that i would need to.. go figure.  Will try again 
tomorrow.

For the negative battery/distributor body test.. do I just hold the lead to 
the body of the distributor and the other lead to the neg battery cable.. 
what should I get on the volt meter?  And what setting should the volt meter 
be on? (as I said, im a dummy to volt meters)

> To do that, disconnect the black wire from the Ignitor and connect a test 
> wire to a known good ground. Turn the ignition on, hold the coil wire a 
> short distance from a know good ground (a spark plug works well for this), 
> and then momentarily touch your ground wire to the - coil terminal and 
> pull it away. You should see a spark. If you do, chances are the Ignitor 
> is dead -- try switching back to your points setup. If you don't see a 
> spark, the coil is probably bad.


Im not sure about this?  Im disconnecting the black wire from the coil (that 
goes to the distributor/Petronix)?  The test wire is then connected 
to....where?