There is no use for a timing light. Do not use it now. Use a Ohm meter, or regular test light with 12v bulb. Make sure it lights by testing it across the battery posts. It will not make spark unless the points are opened from a closed condition with the switch on, so don't try. With the distributor where it is, but movable (not tight) put a test light on the terminal going into the side of the distributor (grounding the clamp lead to shiny metal of the engine. Pull the cap and rotor off so you can see the points. Remove the coil wire from the cap, and place it against the block (to keep from getting a jolt). Turn on the ignition. If the lighe is not lit, turn the distributor toward the engine rotating the top inward. Just as the light lights (exactly there) the timing is on tdc lock the distributor down put it together and start it. If the light is already lit, rotate the distributor away from the engine till the light goes out, then turn it back as above to just make it light up. If the light does not light at all, take the wire off of the distributor, and see if the light lights when it is touched to that loose wire. if it does, the points are grounded (possibly where the bolt holds the internal wires and condenser wire (the pass through)), or not adjusted to open at all. Jim
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