Mercury outboard stator question

[Dark Spark]

1986 Merc 90hp 6 cylinder adi ignition, carb model. Ran like a champ last weekend now no spark on 4 cylinders (only 1 and 5 good, haven't tested coils yet).

When troubleshooting the system, I have a rectifier with shorted diodes, and a stator with a slightly high reading on the red/white to blue/white lead test (upper switchbox, odd cyls). The stator should be between 5400–6200 ohms and I have 6850 ohms. Would that stator reading worry anyone? It's over 20 years old...

 

[Sea Rider]

Electrical components have their own Ohm tolerances, check in the service manual if within them...

Happy Boating​

 

[Faztbullet]

Replace both switchboxes...

 

[Dark Spark]

Electrical components have their own Ohm tolerances, check in the service manual if within them...

Happy Boating​

One side is a bit high (specs in original post) - the leads to the upper switch box are reading 650 ohms high. Wondering if that's within enough tolerance to safely ignore, or is there a risk of damaging another component.

 

[Dark Spark]

Replace both switchboxes...

They're on their way - wondering if the culprit was the stator with a high reading on one side (see original post)

 

[Sea Rider]

Wondering if the culprit was the stator with a high reading on one side (see original post.

Will surely know when both switch boxes are finally replaced...

Happy Boating​

 

[Faztbullet]

650 aint much...just charging the capacitor