Guess who's back

I originally was going to say to check the ohm rating on the ballast resistor. I got the wrong one from a parts house once and the car ran like crap.

Then it occurred to me that,,,,,,,

I don't think it should keep running if you pull a wire from the ballast resistor. I know it shouldn't.
The car had been running really badly. I started hunting for a vacuum leak because it wouldn't run unless I kept working throttle. Now I am thinking it was because I was increasing voltage output by constantly the revving motor. It's one of those gremlins that starts compounding any problem originally thought to have existed. I am sure after my numerous posts that everyone thinks this car must be a crap pile, when in reality it is actually very clean. There are no splices in my wiring and none of that plastic crimp terminal junk.