Need help testing coils 1973 9.8

[DougMercury]

I have a 1973 Mercury 9.8 serial number 3364369. I am trying to test the high speed and low speed coils in the stator. I know which is the high speed and the low speed. But I don't know what the ohms should be on each and the digital multimeter is limited to ohm selections. I have 2000k and 200k and 20k and 2000 and 200. If I use the 20k setting I get on the high speed coil 0.21 ohms and on the low speed coil I get 483 ohms. Do I need a special meter to do this testing?
Any info would be apreciated.
Thanks A Lot,
Doug