The ballast resistor should be in the neighborhood of 2 ohms. Your current limit should be at around 4 amps. The resistance of the coil should be between 1 and 2 ohms. There may be some corrosion at either the + or ground terminals that you may want to check - not at the battery but at the starter or wherever in the chassis the ground terminal hooks to. Chris Middlebrook 62 Custom Southampton --- On Mon 02/23, Matt Hopkins < mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: From: Matt Hopkins [mailto: mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx] To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 07:32:08 -0600 Subject: RE: IML: starting 63 413 The car won't start without ballast resistor working or a bypass of some<br>sort<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Brian Shea<br>Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:03 AM<br>To: Mailing-List<br>Subject: IML: starting 63 413<br><br><br>I turned the motor over by hand, put a new battery in it,and it turns over a<br>little slow and wont fire.I noticed 2 wires that were chewed on the fire<br>wall.They look like they were connected to<br>two white resistor looking things.Are these ballast resistors,and would thi<br>have an effect on the spark.The points are set perfectly.<br><br><br><br>----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com -----------------<br>This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please<br>reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be<br>shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the<br>Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>To UN-SUBSCRIBE, g o to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm<br><br><br><br><br>----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com -----------------<br>This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please <br>reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be <br>shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the<br>Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm<br><br> _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!