[Ron Ramirez]

Are you saying if the ticker is bad, it will be open? If it is NOT open, do I still have to remove the coil and bake it?

(1) Yes, and (2) I would highly recommend it. I have pulled 19 and 89 oscillator coils in the past and rewound only to find they would not work. That's when I started baking them. Since then, I have only had one coil refuse to work after baking and rewinding (out of several 19 and 89 sets restored).