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After breaking in the engine this morning, I turned the car off. Then it would not restart. There was no spark. With the ignition switch on, I could not find any power on the pos. and neg. sides of the coil. (I no longer have the HEI, but a seperate coil, feeding a eletronic distributor - but not an HEI type) I took the coil to a store, who tried to test it, and determined it was not up to par. I had 19 volts on the pos. side of the coil, at the ignition wire connection, using the neg. side of the alternator as the ground to test the pos. side of the coil. Soooo, I got a new coil, and had the alternator tested, and it was fine. The store replaced it anyway. Soooo, with a new coil, new alternator, I still get 19 volts on the pos. side of the coil, still no current across the pos. and neg. of the coil with the ignition on, and still no spark! Everything worked fine this morning and has since we put the engine back in the car. It's hard to imagine that this new coil is bad. And why would the alternator show 19 volts coming out? Hellp. Thanks - kip :-? Just to clearify - there are 19 volts across the battery terminals, and thus 19 at the back of the alternator...