Hi Tom,
I figured out where they were & the points look brand new (they should, the whole distributor is). I will go back & clean them as you instructed, if only to rule it out completely.
To narrow down some of the continuity tests I pulled apart the connector where that part of the distributor ties into the wiring harness (mine is the kind w/ the cable) & the pins were increadibly corroded. I cleaned them up, put it back together & it ran on all 8. Not sure if it was a fix or a conicidence, hence the point cleaning when I'm done here.
As far as running, she was honestly running not that bad on just 4cyl. I was totally shocked to find out she was down 4. It really sounded like just a lumpy idle (or a diesel
).
I just checked the D-Jet book you sent me & I don't see the continuity test for lower part of the distributor. Shoot that one over (mvenn@hotmail.com) or post here.
Thanks!