73 valiant no spark from coil

67Dart273 said
Have you tried a clip lead from battery to coil + HOW are you measuring this 8 volts cranking?

Measure from coil+ to ground while cranking USING THE KEY and NOT by jumpering the starter relay

If that is what you did, then you do indeed have a bypass circuit problem

So I tried the lead from battery + to ignition coil +. I'm by my self so I had to bypass the starter but I cranked her and touched the lead to the coil pos and it gave a lil back fire so I'm assuming I have a spark when I do that. Does that eliminate or narrow down my problem