ballast resistor question

hint: to check the coil in the distributor. unhook the wires. get analog VOM set it on the lowest AC setting. put the VOM connectors in the dist wires. turn the dist over if the meter moves, that part of the system should be good. i have only done this two times. so cant say how high the readings will be. but by hand it only moves a small amount, but enough to see.