Thanks, I'll sort that out tonight or in the morning (depending on storms). I replaced the ballast reistor with a generic NAPA part. I tried swapping the leads n case I wired it wrong, but that did not solve the problem. Right now I have 2 wires going to the + terminal on the coil (one from the Pertronix, one from the resistor) and 1 wire going from the - terminal on the coil to the Pertronix. So - I leave the negative part between the coil and Pertronix alone, and mess with the + side? I'll go over your notes again while looking at the wires tonight. On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:45 AM, tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: > OK there's three wires: > > I have a resistor bolted to the fender. Some random part from NAPA. I can > get you the number but it's just some generic 1.2 ohm resistor. Anything > like 1 - 1.5 ohms will do. > > The original ignition feed wire, black or grey with a ring terminal > attached, AND the Pertronix RED wire goes to one resistor terminal. > > You add a new wire from the other end of the resistor to the "+" terminal on > the coil. > > The Pertronix BLACK wire goes to the "-" terminal on the coil. > > That's it. The resistor has two wires on one end (ign feed+red), one on the > other (wire to coil +). Resistors are agnostic, doesn't matter which end is > which. > > > On the photo: original ignition feed comes from rear left, has rubber on > terminal. Red, black wire to Pertronix. The yellow wire goes from resistor > to coil + (can't see that end). The two extras go backward a bit then curve; > the thin grey one is tach, the blueish black one is the OD kickdown. > > -- > All of your arguments are invalid. > Enjoy your unstable system. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20090506/27642879/attachment.htm> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_1508.JPG > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 393727 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20090506/27642879/attachment.jpeg> > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com