Really weird ignition issue...

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do it this way. no do it that way. no, that's not the way, here, do it my way.
I can't believe something so simple got to be so complicated.
With the distributor out, this should have been a two minutes or less diagnoses.
With the distributor still installed, it takes a bit longer simply because it's harder to get up in there to see.
Do you want me to write another novel to explain it?
Wait, I'm asking the OP!
Yeah we all need you to swoop in and save the day. We're all too stupid, evidently.