Hei conversion Intermittent start?

67Dart273 said
Yup. need to have both sides of the original ballast wiring connected in order to have the bypass circuit active.

Must have the module grounded through the mounting screws,

Must have the distributor connector connected as shown, IE the exposed pin on the module connector hooked to the pin as shown.

Sounds to me like you do not have the bypass wire (traditionally brown) hooked up. Here's the deal. The switched 12V or "ignition run" or IGN1 is ONLY HOT in "run" NOT in "start." So to get ignition voltage in "start," you must also have the traditionally brown, bypass, or "IGN2" hooked up. This used to go to the same side of the ballast as the coil+ is hooked to.

There are only two wires that end up back at the bulkhead connector --- IGN1 and IGN2 in that harness.

It's probably starting some of the time because during start, with no ignition, it won't fire. You are probably "sometimes" releasing the key back to run with the engine still moving some from the starter, and it fires.

Try turning the key to "run," go out under the hood, and see if it fires by jumpering the start relay. I bet it fires right up

Okay so here is what i found this morning:

The brown/blue wire are connected to B. I traced the brown wire and found that it's not solely the positive wire. It has a splice in it where one end goes to the positive and the other end goes to the bulkhead. So in theory wouldnt that mean i have the bypass wire connected?

Trailbeast, yes it has a 4-pin balast resistor that looks like this: