The end of the rotor looks like someone rubbed it on the
sidewalk,pretty rough,the one spring loaded contact inside the cap looks
like the end of a used arc welding rod,both replaced maybe 50'000 miles
ago......the wires I know have to be at least ten years old.

How will turning the motor over without a cap wreck the coil? Just
wondering,never heard of this before.

Once again thanks for the help.