Won't Start need advice, Please read....

Thinking of reasons they die while sitting... Pull the coil wire off the coil and look for oil leaking there. Assuming the original points ignition with simple single ballast resistor. Pull the 2 connectors off it and use any piece of sheet metal to mimic a male male space connector to jumper those 2 together. I once broke off a piece of hose clamp to get this connection and to the parts store for a new resistor.