1. Get rid of the Pertronix stuff
2. Throw it away
3. Can't you get a solenoid starter for a 61?
4. Use points and a 12V coil and a ballast resistor and get rid of all that Pertronix stuff. Some installations of pertronix leave the point system in place. Conversion back to points should be easy.
5. Terminate the build until you do 1 thru 4.
6. Forgive me, but, a 53 with 61 motor? pertronix? stomp starter? Relays? Which direction are you going with this? Back to the future?
7. I won't ask you what charging system you have.......yet.
8. We will help you if you want to clean up the ignition.
9. The only relay you may need is for the horn.
10. Disconnect the relay. If you don't understand how a pertronix is supposed to be wired, I'm with you on that. But it means you are asking for trouble. The PO was a mad scientist and was using the relay switching on coil and distributor both. Don't get it right now.
Is there a ballast resistor on a 53? Don't see it on firewall?
I'm not up on pertronix wiring so this is without that. Normally with a points dizzy, to just foot start it with no need for charging circuit, you run a pos wire from battery to ignition switch battery terminal. Run a wire from ignition switch "ON" terminal to positive coil terminal, usually thru a ballast resistor first. That's it. Of course you need a cable from battery post to starter and from battery negative to motor. Many foot starts have a side terminal wire to pos coil also. Not sure about 53.
