hello again.. I tried all of that... to no avail though... the radio comes on, lights come on.... but nothing else other than that..... I promise.. the only thing I did was remove the distributor cap, the rotor button the distributor seal the pick up assembly and then put it all back just the way I took it off..... twice... I didnt bother anything else other than the wires to the pickup assembly and the wire from the distributor to the ignition coil... and then I had the negative terminal undone all night long... other than that... I didnt touch a thing.....