yes, that's the symptom when the resistor is toasted, runs when getting power from the starter, dies as soon as you let off it ... the resistors are available at NAPA or other FLAPS

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 & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot