Opps, sorry again guys, my mistake - I should have said drops to 7 volts when points close! Now, since the engine has cooled I just went out and started it - and took a voltage reading. Sure enough the voltage drops to zero when the points close. But, when it heats up and the problem returns I get the 7 - 15 volt reading again. Two of you have mentioned a ballast resistor - the only place that might be involved is that I do have a kit that converts the six volts to 12 volts to run a radio/cd player. The radio is connected to the ignition switch.
