Turn the key on, do you hear the fuel pump for a second, try it again. With the key on and the engine off move the throttle, does a pair of injectors click twenty times. Any amount indicates the fuel system is functioning. These two tests without tools will give you a basic idea if both items are functioning. You really need to check fuel pressure, but if the above tests seem OK then you should go for ignition. A test light placed on the coil negative should flash if the engine is cranked as the coil is loaded and fired.

Points were a common problem... they don't wear out they just get fouled with the oil vapors slightly frying with the small current used to trigger the transistor switching box. Drag a dollar bill through the points while holding them closed.

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Steve Brotherton
Continental Imports
Gainesville FL
Bosch Master, ASE Master, L1
33 years MB technician