Last night while perusing EBay, I found some NOS Delco Remy ballast resistors in the form of a wire. Not the ceramic type I’m used to seeing.
Anyone know what application used those? Judging by the look of the packaging, I’d guess them as 1960s vintage.
Yes, that kind of wrapped wire is what I originally had in my 1965 and 1963 trucks. There is a woven sleeve like Jerry said. A normal 14ga wire from the key switch goes to the firewall disconnect. Then the resistor wire goes from the disconnect to the starter R terminal. A 14ga wire (green I think) goes from the R terminal to the coil. The Violet wire from the key switch supplies 12V to the S terminal during cranking. Then the resistor wire circuit takes over when switch is on RUN.
