Not getting 12 volts to coil

(By direct voltage drop, I mean the + voltmeter wire on the Blue wire end of the ballast resistor and the - voltmeter on the + battery terminal.
Great. Thank you. I figured that but telling us makes it clearer to everyone who reads this.

The first direct voltage test with everything hooked up showed 2 volts.
Not good but lets see what else you learned.

. With the voltage regulator unhooked, the voltage drop reduced to 1.7.
This is the ignition circuit test and appears to be way to much votlage drop.

With the voltage regulator hooked back up and the + coil wire disconnected, the direct voltage drop was 1.1.
Interesting. This would be the field circuit test. The voltage drop is less than the igniton circuit.


With the volt regulaltor unhooked and the + coil wire unhooked, I read .70 volt drop with the key before run, and .32 drop with key in run.
Those are probably helpful clues. I don't know what would be drawing current in the the key in the unlock position. Also with the key in run, but both the ignition and field disconnected, something small is drawing current. Perhaps the idle solenoid?