M37 with no sparh

[realmaple]

Help someone! I can't get spark from my distributor when In place. However, I get a great spark across the points with the distributor cap off and a hot wire to the distributor and grounding the base to the frame. Put the military cap on, install it, and no spark. What gives?

Give me a little hope here....I've been at it for quite a while now.....and I'm losing it!

 

[dan labarge]

maybe a coil or condeicer ,had to replace mine .

 

[NDT]

Cap insert is cracked.

 

[realmaple]

OK, so now I've got spark......I think! Is it possible that the fly wheel or crank has been changed so that when at T.D.C., it ISN'T getting #1 cylinder to TDC, but another cylinder instead?

 

[NDT]

Yes, Dodge guys help out here, the distributor only goes in one way, but if I remember right the oil pump can be installed without indexing the slot for the distributor properly and the timing could be anywhere. Put your thumb over the #1 plug hole and crank it, the spark should happen when the compression blows your thumb up.