HI Steve. Always annoying, right? On the side of the road.
You need to set up so you can determine "if spark."
The wiggle the dist. connector may be a clue, or it may have just been happenchance. That connector is very vulnerable to corrosion, loose connection, so try and clean it. I'm pretty sure that a .177 rifle brush will get inside those connectors. AKA "BB caliber"
As suggested, I'd rig up a couple of jumper alligator leads, and a test gap so you can pull the coil wire, sub your test gap and test for spark. Rig a gap, jumper power to the coil+ jumper the starter relay, and look for spark.
Don't forget the old test---with either key on or power jumpered to coil, separate the dist pickup connector and take the engine bay harness end, and tap the bare terminal to a ground. Should make one blue snap spark at the coil each time. This will eliminate the dist. as a problem
As usual, wiggle test the system connectors and make certain the ECU is grounded.
AFter that it is a toss up. If the ballast is good, and as above you can jumper it temporarily, then it's a toss up. If you don't get spark with the "tap the connector" test, then it's either the coil or ECU probably
I just cannot TELL you how handy the "emergency" system I put together has been for stuff like troubleshooting and firing up / testing engines. 4 pin HEI modul, and old coil and a couple of alligator leads
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