quote:Has the same thing happen. Scary part was the amount of damaged wiring in the wire run in the rocker. Portions of the wiring had no insulation left at all. Amazed the car ran at all. Believe the PO wasn't using a ballast resistor.
That's why I asked if the LB wire on the engine side of the connector Garvino shows was melted. If not, I'd guess that the bullet was dodged.
In the later cars the 1.4 ohm ballast wire replaced the engine bay ballast resistor, but you bring up another point, if you do run points and a coil and choose to adopt the relay circuit shown, a ballast resistor will be required between the relay and your coil.
Even if you have some other form of ignition, that little circuit is a good way to feed it.
If you choose to use a stock style ballast resistor, as found in the earlier cars without the ballast wire, you will see it has 4 terminals, it will work, but you'll have to get an ohmmeter and find the two pins reading closest to the 1.4 ohm value and use those. Or else go to the oldest parts store in town, find the guy that's been there forever and tell him what you're looking to do.
Removing the dash is a chore, but it's an opportunity to chase down every bit of PO added wiring and finally figure out what they were trying to accomplish. Also a chance to replace that heater blower motor that's been acting up.
Good luck.