ASSUMING you know what "I have a no crank situation." means instead of "no start situation". No crank means the starter will not operate. If that is the case, put away your meter. The ballast resistor, the points, the coil, ignition switch....have nothing to do with your issue.
The stomp stater has two operations, a mechanical and an electrical. As you know the mechanical levers slide the starter pinion into contact with the flywheel. As that happens, a button switch/stomp switch on top of the starter is pushed which pushes a big contact down onto a big starter contact that is part of the starter.
You have to get the starter to spin, not worry about voltage at a bunch of places.
So....Check..
1. The battery for 12.6V or jump it.
2. Battery posts shinny clean.
3. Pos and neg battery cables and their clamps.
4. Pos and neg battery cable ends. Ground neg end and starter pos end.
5. The cables themselves, no fraying or coorosion of loos or breakage,
I'm assuming you don't have any noise from starter at all. If you have a no crank and you check all above. Report what you find and I will advise a test or two.
