New Coils and Wire to not starting

[bwheat_99]

I recently began working on a barn find 1967 Satellite with a 383 and am slowly working my way back to getting the car running. I replaced the entire fuel supply system besides the carburetor thus far. After cleaning the plugs, I attempted to start the car with no luck, however the car was getting fuel and turning over so I recently purchased a new coil, plugs and plug wires and all the other goodies to go with the ignition system, after installing the coil and plug wires, I figured I would try and start, but now the car won’t even turn over at all. With the positive battery terminal disconnected I am able to charge the battery to full but after reconnecting the terminal the battery is instantly drained and I am not able to even get the car to turn over with a battery box trying to jump it. The new coil is from napa and says on the exterior of the coil “external resistor required 12v”, I figured the stock resistor would suffice but maybe not. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated, I’m not really sure what to do with it at this point.

 

[bwheat_99]

umm so just a quick update, I turned the wire going from the coil the the distributor around and it is completely fine now, I’m not really sure what the heck has happened but I have a car that will turn over again soo I’ll take it.

 

[Darter6]

Yep, the coil (wires) have a positive and a negative post. Good luck with your project !

 

[Ranger16]

When you say "turn over", I assume you mean crank?

 

[bwheat_99]

When you say "turn over", I assume you mean crank?

yup turn over the motor, crank over the motor

 

[65wgn440]

Points replaced and set properly ?