Graham for clarity's sake: My buddy installed the electronic ignition; reset the timing and took the car for a couple of mile test drive ( although I don't think he buried the speedo? He parked the car and when I went to pick the car up, it started and idled weakly but wasn't drivable as it didn't have any power. My mechanic checked and the distributor cap was loose and he tightened it and rechecked the timing but nothing? He then checked the voltage going to the trigger points and discovered that half of the points were opening and the other half weren't and had a very little voltage going to them? When he revved the engine, the points opened up and all of the points were getting more voltage- enough to open the points? His first thought was that something was wrong with the trigger points as he thought he had checked everything else? That is why I asked about the trigger points and regapping them or cleaning them?