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I have a 47 Stylemaster that up until yesterday ran fine. I took the valve cover off to put new gaskets in. Then I decided to put on a new coil because the other one was very old. My Stylemaster does not have a polarity reversing switch. Nothing mounted on the starter so I imagine it has been converted away from the PRS. Now I have forgotten how the coil was wired - got the positive to the ignition - after that I am blank. I need help to get some spark to the car so that it will run again. I am a newbee on line here but like what I have read. Can you please help me get the 47 running again? Thank you - Thank you!
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Hi there and welcome to Chevy Chatter II. Glad to have you here with us! Since the car seemed to be running fine with the old coil maybe you should have left it alone. The coil on my '32 is 80 years old and it still works as it should. "If it ain't broke...don't try to fix it". At any rate, the negative side of the coil goes to the distributor. Hope that helps.   
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I have done that still no spark getting through to the engine. Could the fault lie in the distributor? I put the old coil back on but faced the same problem. The solution is right in front of me but I cannot see it. New points, new rotor, new condensor, new plug wires......Someone please walk me through how to wire the coil to the distributor. When I wire it - hot to the ignition - negative to either side of the distributor (should the negative go to the ground side or the side that connects with the points) - when I attempt to start the engine all I get is a cranking engine with no spark getting to the plug wires and to the engine.
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could be sonething as simple as the center wire top of coil to center of distributot not seated?
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Thank you but checked that and re-checked that and all of the plug wires are seated as well.
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Make sure you have 6 volts to the + side of the coil, connect the - side of the coil to the terminal on the side of the distributor, as JYD said check that your points have continuity when closed. I sometimes short across the points with a screwdriver ,intermitently, and hold the coil wire close to the block to check whether the points are making up.
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When I wire it - hot to the ignition - negative to either side of the distributor (should the negative go to the ground side or the side that connects with the points) - Do I read this correct in that you still have the distributer that has a terminal on both sides that was used with the reversing switch?  
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Yes, this is true. No reversing switch however the distributor has (as you look straight at it connected to the engine) a terminal on the left side of the distributor and a terminal on the right side of the distributor. It started and ran just fine until I took the valve cover on the passenger side of the engine off to have it refinished. Then when I put it back together I must have forgotten to do something that should have been done to start the engine. Trying to figure out what I did wrong.
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Thank you all - Got her fixed. Also was able to put the hood springs on in just a few minutes because of the entries all this site. Be back with more questions. Bye
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