ignition coil questions

I just checked the resistance of the coil with my meter the way my haynes dodge truck repair manual said to? same with the ballast..... i know its not 100 percent accuarate, but the repair manual said you want your ballast to read 1.2 ohms on your meter, thats what my new ballast reads? not trying to tick anyone off here... sorry if i did. i will make sure my wiring is correct, i should be getting my 5 pin ignition harness tommarrow, i'm excited to get it done right and see how it runs once its wired right, i could have made do with what i have, but the harness is so hacked up and old, everytime i have to cut into one of the wires on that 5 pin harness the wire is corroded looking. so i figured a new harness would probly be a good idea.