has spark and fuel, wont start.

okay, i changed back to the points distributor, and the same thing.... but now i found out that i am getting spark coming out of the cap, pulled a wire, and held it near and we got spark!. but my indicator light thing that checks spark does not go off when up against the wire.

maybe i have it a couple teeth off or something since i pulled the dist out so many times, i forgot to mark where the rotor was pointing, and my crank pulley is hard to read where the timing notch is.... its kind of banged up. is there a way to figure out where the real notch actually is? the pulley has some kind of machined spot on the edge, like half a circle. maybe this will help? but i know all the other cars ive tried timing, no mater where the dist is. it will either pop, fire, or allow the thing to have a hard time cranking. this thing does absoultely nothing.