77 Spider

["Wendy Wood/Carson Damm" <dammwood@incentre.net>]

Well this seemingly simple problem has me stumped. Our spider decided not
to start during the middle of the day because of no spark. Up until this
point it has been running good with the occasional miss which of late has
been getting more and more common. From once every twenty miles or so to a
couple of times a mile. I pulled out the distributor to check the points
and both sets were smooth and flat with a reasonable amount of gap. Put it
all back together correctly and tightened up two of the little do hicky
things on the top of the spark plugs that were loose. Now nada. I have
twelve volts on both sides of the coil. When one side leave the coil it
goes through some plastic plugs up to a thermal switch on the intake
manifold then down to a relay by the air oil sep. The twelve volts is lost
in here somewhere I am pretty sure and I wasn't about to aimlessly go
jumping circuits before talking to you guys and one gal I'm sure. All my
books and stuff are still packed from our move, we don't get our house
until aug 25 then we have to build a garage, bla bla bla.... The car is out
at the airport too. It sure looks good from a distance?.... Any ideas

Thanks Carson