welp, as of yesterday, i got my lil truck running! its been 6 months, this was my first engine rebuild and it was a success. so this is a thanks to all of you guys for your generous input. the problem was a number of things by the way. i replaced the coil, rotor, cap, points, ... etc...
i pulled the valve cover, and the #1 sparkplug was firing on TDC. BUT it was TDC of exhaust stroke not combustion!

so i just switch the spark wires... EYEBALLED the rotor/dist. alignment! and it started right up first try! my heart had to be put back inot my chest! im still stoked and soo happy about it! also, my coil had a condensor running off of the external resistor! the book only referred to two condesors, one on the dist. the other on the regulator. so i removed the one on the resistor, and that just might have contributed to it's lack of combustion!
so this was my first rebuild. i learned so much. and the result was worth every second, and all the effort. of course not excluding the effort and help of each one of you. so thanks again! i can't wait to help someone here like YOU helped me. Aaron.

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1978 Chevy LUV - 2WD - [Work In Progress]
w/1976 1.8L 1815cc Stock Isuzu Motor
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