Get youself a Direct Voltage Adapter (DVA available from Merc for about $60), or a Peak Reading Adapter, and check the voltage coming from the red wires to ground.. Those are the high speed stator wires, and should be around 50 volts at cranking speed..


According to mercury, the ohm's tests are really not usually helpful in finding faults with their ignition systems. They'd rather do voltage output tests, and then use the Ohms tests to confirm a problem..


Scott..