Smoking ballast resistor ain't a good sign...huh?

Couple days ago I spent $5 at Oreilly's and bought a new ballast resistor for my '65 Dart. While trying to get the Dart started today, still working on timing, smoke started to come up from the resistor. Took it off and out the old one back on and continued trying to get the Dart started. Guess sometimes 'new' isn't so good!


Glenn