MSefi.com read only forum (Jan.15,2018)

I bought a ford coil on ebay and am now getting a spark when cranking. Thankyou for the priceless advice as I have been clueless for a long time as to why this thing did not work. Need to do a little more before getting this car up and running.

What year and model ford coil could you recommend I use? My engine is a 4 cylinder ej25 subaru.

Yes this coil has an internal igniter.

Thankyou for your response. From what I've read, there should have voltage readings on the ground wire also. Is this the ground from pin #9 on the module or the ground from the coil? I am using the stock subaru coil which has a 4 pin connector.
Would another type of coil be a better choice?

I am using a ford edis system with my subagon conversion msII. On the edis wiring diagram, it shows what looks like a 25uf
capacitor hooked up to the switched 12v lead of the #8 pin to coil to ground. Is this a capacitor I am looking at and how does this set up operate? There is also a 100 ohm ...