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An update: I installed the new, dual cylinder military Bendix coil. I think I did a pretty good job of square-cutting the lamination, considering I did it all with hand tools. The shoe laminations fit nice and tightly against the coil. I still have just a VERY weak spark. It won’t even jump an eighth-inch. It only will jump an open-air spark plug gap. I replaced the condenser, even though the old one tested fine. I also replaced the plug wire itself. I was able to solder to the lugs okay. The points have been cleaned and checked, both open and closed, numerous times now. I even tried another flywheel from a Pal. I am at a loss. It is as if the new coil doesn’t work, either. Yes, one secondary lug is grounded to the armature plate. The new coil has 11K secondary resistance. Seems high; but other ones I have, of the same type, test the same. This is very humbling. I wish I knew how to test this coil on my Stevens, but I have no specs.
Long live American manufacturing!