I wanted tot hank everyone who responded to me on this issue - I now have
spark.

I triple checked all the electrical connections and everything was hooked up
properly. I then went about cleaning the grounds for the second time. While
doing that I noticed that the main ground wire from the chasis to the engine
was in worse shape that I had noticed before. So I went and got a new one -
replaced the screws and bolts that held all of the grounds too. I still
didn't have any spark - or fuel pump either now.

So I checked all conjnections again - crawled under and checked the starter
connections.

That wiring is brittle in places and int he process of checking things I
broke several wires at the connectors - so I now have many new spade
connectors in the engine bay. I'm guessing it was one of these wires (I
suspect the ground to the distributor wiring) that was causing the problem
because once I repaired the wire with a new connector I got spark.

So thank you all again.

The bus still won't start but I suspect I have some severe timing issues - I
did manage a few really loud backfires but it just won't start up - more on
that later :)

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Thanks,

Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus