Engine died during break-in

67dodgedartconv said

I disconnected the coil wire from the distributor and held to ground while cranking the engine. Got a good spark. Still no spark to plugs. Disconnected neg pertronix lead to coil, put meter on ohms, put other lead to ground. Digital meter was at 1.0 to start. Never changed value while cranking. Is this a good indication my pertronix is bad?

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Coil wire to distributor,held to ground. This is a poor description.
Coil neg wire and scratched across a ground will make a spark-key on of course.
Coil tower wire near ground and a good spark tells me rotor is bad.
As the cap is new.

I likely would never run pertronics or msd myself, even if they were free. I can troubleshoot point ignition in a couple minutes and electronic ignition in 5.

I dont see any benefit running anything other than oe type electronic ignition on the street.