ignition help please

so with the test light, you get power on the + side of coil? check to make sure that the box is grounded. if you pull the plugs off the ballast, which side gets power? that is the side that has to power the box. if you have access to a volt meter, put in on the ohms settings and see if you get a reading on the pick up coils from the distributor. it should be like 300-900 ohms or something like that.