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Im not sure you could change the coils properly without removing the mag plate. Perhaps you are not getting good contact between the coil pin and the plug wire? there would not have been enough of the plug wire sticking up to work with.
The spark plug wire needs be drawn up through the mag plate too far by about 6" or so, so that you can work on installing it into the coil with ease. Twist the coil onto the wire, 6 to 8 times or so, so that the metal strands of the plug wire wrap around the pin, giving you good contact which will not break. Then push the excess wire back down through the mag plate, secure the coil to the plate, and secure the plug wire to the bottom of the mag plate with the securing tabs.
If you don’t pull up some additional wire to install the coil, you will get minimal contact, if any, likely on corroded wire if it is original. This connection will surely fail, and could be what is causing your issues. Hope this helps.