Topic: not getting spark?

[mustanggerry]

ok guys, same engine here. 79 mustang 302 cobra. i was able to start the car up last week, i went out of town and came back to find out that it wont start. The engine turns, the battery is great, so i changed : spark plugs/wires, distributor cap/rotor, coil, solenoid. And im still not getting spark. Now a friend says that it is a bad coil even though it is new? because the distributor turns fine, and the voltmeter says it is carrying current between the coil and cap. so i dont understand where the problem is? any suggestions?

[Soaring]

Using an ohmmeter, check the resistance between the side terminals of the coil. Do this with all of the wires to the coil disconnected.
You should see 0.75 to 0.81 ohm of resistance. Then check the resistance between either side terminal and the center high tension terminal. The reading should be 10,000 to 11,000 ohms. Any significant deviation from these numbers would indicate that the coil is defective.
You can also test an ignition by using a volt meter.There should be a little over 12 volts pulse,or a dip and peak in the meter needle,rather than a steady 12 volts,at the output,while cranking the engine.
A multimeter can also be used to check coil resistance, short or open.