cannot get this engine to run

I appreciate the help. I checked the dist. it is not 180 out. I checked the plug wires. 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2. Bypassed the ballast resistor. I hooked the blue wire to the 2 brown wires and it did not change. It seems like when I move the key from the start pos. it will quit. It tries to run while in the start pos but when I let off the key it seems like I kill the power to it. I know this is something simple but cannot remember what I did to cure this on the Duster.