Here is the situation. Wiring a ballast resister for a 235 engine , 12 volt conversion with 6 volt starter, Foot start solenoid has side terminal supplying 12 volts when foot start pedal is depressed. I have taken the original wire from the ignition switch which ran to the plus side of coil to one side of ballast resister. From the other side of Ballast resister I have a wire going back to the side terminal of the solenoid. This wire should now carry the approx. 8 volts with ignition switch on. From this side terminal I now have one wire to the Plus side of coil. This one wire should now carry 12 volts when starter is depressed and 8 volts when ignition switch is on. The ONLY drawback I see is the engine WILL start when just pressing the foot start button but will kill as soon as start button is released if the ignition switch is off . Will this work if I want to live with the safety problem? Is there ANY Way around this problem? Thanks in advance, Jerry


Jerry