1970 Johnson 60hp won't maintain spark

Silver97

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I have a 1970 Johnson I purchased in non running condition. The wires on the pulse pack had bad insulation so I cut and spliced new wires. It will start and idle for about 3 minutes then it dies and won't refire as there is no detectable spark? I'm open to suggestions. It also acts like a bad coil when it gets hot and will no longer spark.
 

racerone

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Are the breaker points set at 0.010" ?------Cleaned the rotor and distributor cap ?-----Checked the anti reverse spring ?
 
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