HELP...Will not idle in gear

The wrong ballast resistor will lower spark energy a TON and will make idle and operation rough. There are a ot of wrong ballast being innstalled; the proper one will have a cold resistance of 0.5-0.6 ohms. The MSD 0.8 ohm ballast is a pretty close substitute. BWD RU19 is close too.

Using your finger on/in the spark plug hole for TDC is a good way to get inaccurate results. You need to use a piston stop and re-do it for the correct results.