yes, the ignition resistor will get very hot, and new ones stink for some time, it's job is to reduce voltage ... by dissipating heat, that's why it has a ceramic body .... if it's getting hot there's power to the coil [and the points are closed] ... if the resistor is getting hot, the switch must be working, as it passes the juice to the ignition

sounds like the things that don't work are those that should be getting power from the fuse panel [exceptions see below], you may not have that hooked up correctly
the fuse panel was optional for the TF years, an original looks like this, there is an available repro with the hookup wires

gauge lights work off the headlight switch via the rotation of the knob/shaft, if you have an original switch, the rheostat part may be dirty or otherwise not making contact - or not be hooked up right .... dome light is also off the light sw, gets a ground from the same rheostat part .... pic from assembly manual - note there are 2 wires to the dome lamp, one hot with the ground the switched wire

not cranking over could be a variety of things, bad starter; bad contact in the starter switch [box on top of it]; not wired right

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics