Re: IML: Ballast Resistor

["Dave" <Wilkerbeast01@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do electronic ignitions need a ballast resistor? If so, is it the same value 
as the pointed type?

David C. Wilker Jr. USAF (RET)
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Hulbert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: IML: Ballast Resistor


> I've never fiddled with the electronic conversion kits, but I suspect 
> there
> is an error in either the instructions, the parts, or the installation. 
> The
> ballast resistor is probably not old enough to smoke, in my opinion.
>
> I prefer points and condenser - it was good enough for Boss Kett and it's
> good enough for me - those I can fix by the side of the road in the middle
> of the Mexican desert (and have been there and done exactly that), the
> others require all the tools of rocket science (been there too, and done
> that too, but not in the middle of the Sonoran Desert!).
>
> I usually advise people to rebuild their own carburetors or buy brand new
> ones, store bought rebuilts have a very poor record in my book.
>
> Let's see now, broken lifters, bent push rods, twin lakes of gasoline, and 
> a
> smoking ballast resistor - sounds like a potentially exciting day for you!
>
> Dick
>
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>
>
>
>
> Dick the ballast master and fellow IMPers,
> Whet to start the 63 after 3 years of sitting. Found 3 bad lifters before
> and replaced the lifters and push rods. I replaced the points with the
> electronic (the under the cap version). Car started right up and I was
> breaking the the lifters and the car sputters, dies , and no start. I had 
> a
> buddy turn it over and had good spark. BUT, I look over and see the 
> ballast
> SMOKING!
> Looked around again and the newly rebuilt carb had a lake of gas on each
> side.
> -Charles Major
>
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