Thanks guys, im proud of it myself. Ok, so i had my coil tested, its good, as is my condenser...however i did some multi-metering and found that ive got full power on the positive side coming from the ignition switch (same as battery) and ive got the same on the plug wire, and the negative side of the coil as well (all while the ignition is in the run position and the points closed) that doesnt seem right to me. ive got the points grounded to the coil via a wire attached to the screw that holds the spring for the breaker arm and the negative side of the coil. im slowly losing my mind tryin to figure this thing out.