ignition problems

The battery cannot be 13.6 unless it's running. You must have meant 12.6?

12.6 at the coil is way too high, should be more like 6-8 so you must have the switched ignition power going to the coil, IE wrong side of the ballast. Refer to the diagram I posted.

I don't know how I can make this more clear:

The dark blue switched ignition wire coming OUT of the bulkhead FROM the key should be hooked to one side of the ballast.

ALSO hooked to that end of the ballast are the blue field wire, the blue IGN lead to the regulator and IF you have a 2 pin ballast, the wire going to ECU power should be hooked to that same end of the ballast. In the diagram above, with the 2 pin ballast, that wire is labled "new wire" because this is a conversion diagram

ONLY the coil + wire AND the brown bypass which also comes from the bulkhead and the key should be hooked to the OTHER side of the ballast

The wire going off the diagram at the very top right labled "existing wire" represents the dark blue switched ignition coming from the bulkhead

WHAT IS NOT SHOWN in that diagram is the brown bypass coming out of the bulkhead. It goes to the + side of the coil OR the coil + side of the ballast

The guy on Ramchargers is INCORRECT