What I was referring to is when you have the HT lead removed as in the image I showed the pin there to the body. It would be the same as the measuring the HT lead to the body except the HT isn't present. Hopefully I did just muddy the water even more.
And yes the current Magnatron coil (new design) do have a secondary (HT side) resistance of about 6K and the primary (Kill tab to coil body) of about 1.6 ohms. Of course this just checking the winding resistance for there is no way to test the trigger electronics which are on a surface mount circuit board as the kill tab connect directly to the ungrounded side of the primary winding via the internal circuit board trace. It just go / no go test on these otherwords either it works or it don't. What Briggs and others are having you to is check the whole HT side of the coil including the lead so if the lead is broken you will get an open reading. Now if the transistor across the primary winding should short the coil Primary will be below 1 ohm but not zero due the trigger circuit design. Now if the trigger circuit opens you still get the 1.6 reading. It more likely you will get an open reading as the circuit traces and semiconductors can not handle the current if +12v is applied or if the solder connections break down. Due to the gauge of wire used for the windings it highly unlikely for them to open though being enamel coated wire they can develop shorts in the HT side. The primary is unlikely to short the winding themselves due to spacing. How I know how the new Briggs are constructed is because I actually cut one apart.
When you get an open reading on the HT side is when you can try replacing the HT lead but as I said I would test the HT winding first after removal just to save some time. Here on Briggs 4 cycles I replace the HT leads mainly due to physical damage; mice, burn, cut, etc. On many handheld it is because that spring wire push in breaks the HT lead. The broken connect then burns back until the gap is too large to jump.
