Capacitors are challenging to test without an ignition tester like a Mercotronic or Stevens. You can do simple tests with an ohmeter; test for a direct short (shouldn’t be shorted of course…) and then you can test with an analog meter and watch for just a bit of a bump of the needle on the 1k resistance scale. The needle should deflect just a bit and then return to rest. But these are simple basic tests that cannot indicate a cap which will fail under load. Usually they are just replaced if suspected bad.
I have resisted answering your question about the variance in the secondary resistance. I would think they should be the same if they were the same brand/vintage/model of coil….but I have seen many instances where coils will vary like that and still work. Like I stated in my first post here….if it were me I would clean things up and try running the motor or just do a spark test. Simple, quick and informative. If this is a motor that you want to build to be a daily runner then you will most likely want to replace coils, condensers, wires and points as the budget allows and parts become available.
