Check the voltage drop across the ballast resistor with the points closed and battery power applied to the upstream side of the resistor. Measure from one terminal of the resistor to the other with current flowing through the points. If the voltage reading is much more than 3 volts, you have a coil with some of the primary windings shorted together inside the coil.

I have some other suggestions for diagnosis. Drop me a PM.
Jerry

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