Basic coil test:-
Set your multimeter to 20K.
Place black terminal on spark plug lead end.
Place red terminal on the positive lead from the coil.
A good coil will be around 8-10 kohms for Victa, less for Briggs and Stratton, and I recall some really old coils were only 5-6 when new.
You can also test the connectivity. Turn dial to connectivity (usually red on most multimeters). Through positive wire and earth you should hear the beep from the multimeter. There should be no connectivity between the plug lead wire and the earth or positive wire on the coil, so no beep.
I am interested to know how low in kohms a coil can be and still work. I have a coil here that is testing only 5.94. I suspect it will be too low, but I do get spark on turning the flywheel, so worth a try.
