Will not start

So I put the repaired wire in, and I’m getting full cranking power now, and I think that solved the voltage drop. We soldered and put heat shrinking tube on the wire.

Now, I’m seeing this. When I put a test light to the positive terminal, it’s fine and lights up perfectly. When I put it to the negative terminal, it almost never lights up, and I don’t see that pulsation you would expect on that side. I checked the continuity, and there is continuity between the negative terminal wire, and the pin in the 14 way connector for the ignition coil driver wire. I also cleaned it a bit to help, but it didn’t do anything. What does this mean? I’m not getting pulsation which explains the no spark, but why no pulsation?

I did pull the distributor wire out, and held it against the metal of the engine, and there was zero spark. I truly am getting consistently zero volts from the ignition coil, although I could swear when I last performed this test a few months ago, you were able to see the pulsation with the test light.

Again, even when I’m starting up and put the key in the on position, I don’t see any light or voltage on the negative terminal.

I tested the primary and secondary circuits on both the original and the replacement ignition coil. Both primary circuits were fine. For the original secondary, it read about 8000 ohms. For the replacement secondary, about 9200 ohms.

In my photo, the original is on the right (1306). The replacement (1006) is on the left. Could the different part numbers mean I was given the wrong coil?

Manual calls for 1.34 ohms to 1.55 ohms on the primary resistance and I’m also getting greater than 1.6 on both coils.

Manual calls for 1.34 ohms to 1.55 ohms on the primary resistance and I’m also getting greater than 1.6 on both coils

I got it! It was so obscure I never saw it before. But when I put the engine mount back in last year it was on top of the negative terminal wire. I got the wire out of there, taped it up, and it runs!

Thank you so much for all of your help! I really do appreciate it, and I know I can be difficult to work with.