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I tested my rebuilt distributor, and still get no spark at the plugs…very frustrating!

Then I wondered if the coil was weak, I swapped with another one and got the same.
Now I am starting to wonder if all my coils are bad, so I measured them all on the bench:

Primary secondary
My old Bosch 0.17 ohm 835 ohm
MSD blaster#1 0.12 ohm 1210 ohm
MSD blaster#2 0.12 ohm 1180 ohm

It seems like the secondary resistance is low on all these coils. I know it should be 4.5 kohms for the MSDs. So should I get a new coil?
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