Q: truck wont start

asked by on September 12, 2016

no spark out of coil. positive to negative coil poles read 1.3 resistance @ 200 ohms. outer pole to center output reads 7.8 resistance @ 20k ohms. is the coil bad? also, I cannot get a voltage reading off either pos. or neg. coil connections with battery connected, key on or off. is that right? or should I be getting a reading? PLEASE HELP?!?
My car's transmission is unknown to me.

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