70 up charging system upgrade question

Lmao, true Dave. "High tension lead", you mean coil to cap? I haven't tried that recently. With everything hooked up, coil +ve to batt +ve I get 10.34V in start. I thought that MAYBE was low, so i figured give it a full 12V from batt +ve. Did nothing, whether key was off or in run. I thought maybe the relay needed to be jumped as well?
I'm pretty confident the ECU is grounded well. To test this I put meter on"continuity" and get "beeps" engine to Ecu, VR case to ECU, batt -ve to ecu. So I figure good grounds?
Although I'm not sure if I did batt -ve to ecu case. That would give me voltage drop I believe? Meter should read 0 for that correct?
I have another new ECU, as well as a used one(unknown comdition)from my 84 Dodge.
I'm pretty sure the harness is connecting tight but will check.
Thanks Dave.

Daves69 said

Well gee Steve, on the bright side, I guess no one can just get in and drive it off on ya'!



Now you have nothing out of the high tension lead but it fires fine occasionally?

By chance, you don't happen to have one of these attached?
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How well is that ECU grounded? Are the female side of the connector terminals tight on the ECU posts? I never came across one but I've heard of folks having a bad "new" harness.
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