Ooops. I think derff96963 is dead on. Somebody did a hack job on the wiring and I went through and cleaned it up recently. I replaced wires with insulation going bad, etc. Those were some of them... Man, I feel stupid now. Glad I asked instead of just buying another coil.
I think the ignition module must not be fried because it ran fine with the old coil.
So if I put the key in the run position, I should have 9V on the red wire? Is that 9V between the +/- terminals of the coil, or between + and a ground, or what? Why put the resistors on the green (negative) wire instead of on the red? Where did you pick up these resistors? Radio Shack? Is this equivalent to a ballast resistor, and is there one of these I can pick up somewhere that will work? Or can I buy some of this resistance wire somewhere?
Sorry for all the questions. I just fixed my transmission to
transfer case adapter, and the 4wd shift mechanism yesterday and was all proud of myself and then this happened 20 min later. What a downer.