Re: {Chrysler 300} Trouble in F land.

["'John W Sager' via Chrysler 300 Club International" <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

They do seem to be something that everyone blames whenever there's any ignition problem. I think some have even blamed the Lindberg baby kidnapping on a bad ballast resistor. 

Myself, I've had maybe two go bad in all the Mopars I've had over the years (a lot of them) and I know one of those was due to road salt spray with a rusted out inner fender. 

I do think they are a little fragile though and have seen a couple where the ceramic has been broken and the life of the resistor gets shortened. 

All that said, I do carry a spare... 

John

On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 03:54:39 PM EDT, dplotkin <dplotkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But what I never understood was why people would accuse a ballast resistor of having failed when they had an intermittent problem. Almost always a ballast resistor burns open and no dice after that.

I've never bought the idea that Chrysler had defective ballast resistors or a bad design. I think rather coils were substituted in later years improperly matched to the ballast resistor.  

Danny Plotkin 

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From: Nick Taylor <nicksgaragesd@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: 8/15/23 3:36 PM (GMT-05:00)

To: John Cote <cotejohnr@xxxxxxx>

Cc: Jean-Yves Chouinard <jymopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Steve <sbeard2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} Trouble in F land.

John,

Every Ford and Chevy owner seem to know about Chrysler ballast resistors. They always ask me if I carry a spare one.

Nick

On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 12:45 AM 'John Cote' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From your symptoms, I would put my money in the ballast resistor on your firewall. Same happened in my ‘61 NYer wagon. Changed it and ran fine again. A much overlooked electrical item. 

John

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On Aug 14, 2023, at 12:05 AM, Jean-Yves Chouinard <jymopar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



I would change the condenser in the distributor...as it was mentionned lately on a related thread, some are unreliable and work erratically...

JYves

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From: chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Steve <sbeard2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: August 13, 2023 9:55 PM
To: Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: {Chrysler 300} Trouble in F land.

 

Hi 300 ites,

Problem with my F.

????

Ran the F last Sunday, ran great.55 to 70mph

Fueled up( 7 gals)

Came home and engine  died.

Wants to fire but not.

Today,drained out all gas,new gas in, pumped and finally fired up. Ran 10 minutes, the rpms dropped.and died.

Cranking/ trying to fire but not starting. Pumps gas and spark is good blue.

Going to put new plugs in tomorrow and back to duel points. 

Any thoughts,

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Steve Beard

300 F

Delaware,Ohio 

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