No spark no start

Ok. I am lost. I was installing some back up lights yesterday. I pulled the negative off of the battery then put it back on to check for power on a wire and forgot to pull the negative back off and then it happened. Smoke started to come out from my distributor cap. I quickly pulled off the negative but the damage was done. Now it wont start. I replaced the cap and rotor which had minimal damage but there was some melted plastic on both. But the points looked ok but I replaced them anyway. My coil fuse blew so I replaced that... still no spark from the coil. So I replaced the coil and still no start and no spark. Its getting fuel and is turning over fine. What next? I am still a newbie at this sort of thing... any help would be appreciated.

 

You said you replaced the points, what about the condenser? Also you may have a ballast resistor before the coil, Do you have a test light or test meter to see if you have current to the coil, They can be quite inexpensive and if you own a older vehicle you really need one. IT saves replacing parts that may not need replacing.

 

Yep, still a newbie. Didn't remove the distributor when working on the back-up lights!

 

Was I supposed to take the distributor out before working on back-up lights? I thought just taking the negative off the battery would suffice... but then again I screwed that up too. Yes I have power to the + on the coil. I found the problem. Under the weights there is a black thing with two wires a black and red that go to the coil... I think its called the spark control module? Whatever its called its melted. Guess its time to upgrade to an MSD or DUI.

 

may be cheeper to upgrade then replace all the burned chicken. I did the mallory HEI. Love it no points to replace.