...since you swapped the wires and the problem followed the wires its either the coil or the points. Coils almost never fail, I'd look at the points. Swap the wires at the points and see if you get the same thing. If so, the problem is down at the points. I've had condensers go bad before...

Lumbee (Mark)
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