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Hi all,
Is a ballast resistor required on a red six? New harness has been installed that does`nt have the old style resistance wire from ign sw to the coil. Should I put in a ballast resistor, ( the ceramic block type) or should I just run a new wire from the ign sw to the coil. Can I just run a heavy wire to the coil from the switch or does it have to be the old style braided type?...
Thanks again.........Brian
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The short answer is yes, you do need a ballast resistor, the type is not important.
Does the new harness have 2 wires running from the ignition switch to to the coil ? You still need 1 wire for START & 1 wire for RUN.
If you don't have 2 wires you will need to fix it using a different method. So get back to us on what set-up the wiring has.
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Terry,
the harness has six ign switch wires.Marked as follows
IGN COIL,,,,,Pink wire ( run to coil +ve)
IGN SW IGN,,,,Brown Wire
IGN Accesories,,,,,Orange wire (run to fuse panel)
IGN Power,,,,,,Red wire from Batt
IGN START,,,,,Purple wire ( run to solenoid)
IGN GRND,,,,Double green wires ( run to temp sender and dash tell tale )
It is an EZ Wiring harness brand. IT has been a fairly easy install ( apart from it being designed for a left hand drive vehicle) ...Cheers & thanks again.........Brian
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OK, I'm guessing that the Pink wire feeds the coil while running & the Brown is the ballast by-pass when starting.
What you need to do is get a ceramic block ballast resistor (around 1.5 to 1.8 ohms will do) & fit it on or near the coil.
The Pink wire connects to one side of the resistor & make up a short wire to run from the other side of the resistor to the coil +ve. The Brown wire also connects to the coil +ve.
Check with a multi-meter, you should get around 8 to 9 volts with engine idling & full battery voltage while cranking. This will only be about 11 volts because the load of the starter will pull it down a bit.
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would have thought the pink wire was the resistance wire.run a multi meter along it and see if it has resistance. if practically none it is not a resistance wire.
if no maybe you could just fit a straight 12volt coil not have to worry about resistor. although might affect points/consenser.
also a distributor off a Vh would give you electronic ignition and no more points to worry about. and run straight on 12volt.
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Thanks guys for your help. Will let you know how I go.
Cheers........Brian
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