WTF new distributor doesn't work?

Instructions are available on the Accel web page.

Most of the Accel distributors are self contained so they do not need the MSD box. You might want to see if it runs the engine without the MSD.

The MSD box can be picky at times about the trigger. My stock distributor would not trigger the MSD until I had the reluctor gap down to about 0.004".