Not to be beating a dead horse..(distributor issues)

[amishboy]

I've got a 24 bolt flathead believe its a 40 with the original distributor. I bought a remote kit to use a modern coil. Condenser is new and all the wiring is too. I have good readings on all of my connection as far as voltage and ohms go. When I remove my distributor caps to rock the points apart with a screwdriver I do not get spark between points, however when I touch the screwdriver to the distributor housing and rock it I get spark where ever the screwdriver is touching. I have taken a nail file and lightly clean the points. I have set the gap at .015. Aside from having never worked on something like this in my 26 years alive I feel that I did pretty good with this. I have to figure I don't have something adjusted right. Along with that if I decide to go to an electric distributor what all is involved?