No spark?

it doesnt seem to be cranking faster than normal. i tried the jumper trick from battery positve to coil positve and no spark. i did set the air gap in the pick up to .008. the old one wasnt bad either i finally took my volt/ohm meter home from work. The resistance is low from pin 5 on th box to the fender i know that is good. While i was testing that i did notice that i have a 5 pin plug and a 4 pin box with a dual ballast. ???? I dont know how that would even work. someone please explain what this kid was trying to do. is there a reason he could have done this. by the way my dad was holding a screw driver in the coil wire to the cap and when i switch the ignition on he got popped but nothin while crankiing. any help is greatly appreciated im 25 and loosing my hair over this already lol.