For the past four hours I have been reading the messages in these forums regarding ignition problems, and I have yet to see a solution. I am fully ready to drag my 1989 V6 Montero into the river and let it drown to death. Well, more dead than it is currently dead.

I have purchased and correctly installed the following:

Mitsubishi Ignition Module
Power Resistor / ICM
Ignition Coil
Rotor
Distributor cap
Spark Plug Set

The ignition coil is tossing out generous loads of spark, yet it is still not getting to the spark plugs. I remove all spark plug wires, including the ignition wire to the distributor cap, and tested for continuity by connecting a Ohm meter / continuity tester to the #1 port on the distributor cap, and the other lead to the center port on the distributor cap, then I cranked the engine. The meter display should have "flickered" and briefly "beeped" but it did not. Rotor changed position inside the cap, so it appears to rotor assembly is working.

Am I correct in assuming the new distributor cap and new rotor (sold together) are somehow bad?

I am certified to purchase and handle Class A explosives, and that will be my next solution.....

 

First, I'd suggest that you move this question to the Montero sub group. There are many people there with older Monteros and may have some suggestions for how to deal with this situation. I "accidentally" stumbled on a Montero question in a general chat.

Second - what you are describing doesn't quite makes sense. How did you test that the coil outputs spark?
Do you have spark after coil (before distributor), but not at the spark plugs? If that's the case, your distributor is not working. I'm not familiar with old Montero rotors, but do they have any sort of condenser or other component inside? It's possible that that is gone bad. Make sure you did not loose any little spring or contact when imstslling replacement. On my GMC HEI ignition system a transistor or some other part inside the rotor/coil assembly went out and i completely lost ignition.