Originally Posted by PurdueSD
I only have one wire going from the ballast resistor to the coil, so the coil is only getting 9 volts or whatever. Shouldn't the coil have some way of getting 12 Volts during start up? Ive still got the foot starter. Maybe i just dont understand how the ballast resistor works...


hah...now i am quoting myself!

Anyways, should i have a 12V hot coming to the coil from the starter? So it gets 12V when the foot starter is engaged...?

Here's a pic before the new coil, orange wire from ballast resistor, yellow to the dist.

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Last edited by PurdueSD; 01/27/2011 3:32 PM.

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