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Al..... .oh my oh my..... "(6 volts going in; 6 volts at the pigtail)" .....This implies to me that you are hanging the coil out in the middle of the air and not grounding the pigtail through the distributor points as it normally is. Thats exactally what I would expect. This tell me your coil primary is not open and should cause sparkies when the ignition points open. "reads 4 volts at the front of the coil where it makes connecton with the distributor cap"....This implies to me that you have mounted the coil correctly and the points are grounding the coil thru the pigtail internally and the "ballast resistor" is doing its job correctly. (looking for about 3.5 volts at the front mount coil terminal) Remember, its the opening of the points that causes the sparkies. On the front mount sometimes the 2 part insulation washers around points feed through short out and as far as the coil is concerned, the points never open and you'll never get any sparkies. Something to check. Your other comment, about a mechanic in a hurry to go on vacation could mean he got the sparkplug wires crossed up on cylinders 2 & 3. That ol' N will run and idle with crossed 2 & 3 but won't give you any power. Firing order FYI is 1,2,4,3 and if he is not used to working on the frontmount N engine, its eazy to cross 'em up. Hope this gives you some ideas of what to check. Let us know how it works out, we care..... ..Dell
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