Cylinder has spark but not firing..

duey_roc said

Ok i see i missed a lot of questions here lol. No there is no rags left anywhere... I am using the original points and condensor, however they are new. New as in a new points style distributor, cap rotor, points, condensor, etc. I havent done the vacuum test because i dont have one yet lol. The auto shop is closed today for obvious reasons. I do have a voltmeter, but, in all honesty, im not sure how it works. :newb:

To your hydraulic question: I tried using a solid camshaft with hydraulic lifters.
And im using the original lifters on the original camshaft. Meaning, Im using the original hydraulic cam with the original hydraulic lifters now.

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There is nothing Wrong with not knowing how to us something!:cheers:

You need to turn the meter to ohm and in some case you need to put the post lead into a different slot in the meter its self.

Then you remove the ign wires one at a time and put the red lead on one end and the black lead on the other end(dont' matter which way you do this
The meter will send a small voltage through the wire(ign wire) and will display how much Resistance, in ohms.

Snap a picture of your volt/ohms meter,and post it up, and i will help you out some more.

The test i ask you to do is BOGUS with a wet plug. get some fresh plug in #2 and #8 and test it again. If the plug is wet i will not fire, even if you close a valve and raised the compression.

now to your cam swap
Did the lifter go back into the same lifter bore or did thy just get installed randomly?