[Tom Wesenberg]

Do you have 6 volts on the movable points contact with the points open and key on?

Do you have 0 volts on the movable points contact with the points closed and key on?

Are you using a stranded coil wire, and NOT a carbon coil wire?

Being there in person, this problem should be diagnosed in less than three minutes.

Over the internet shouldn't take long, as long as we know exact answers to specific questions.