Let's get this slant turbo project started. 71 Dart
Have you teied jumping the relay and then jumping the starter straight to the battery and seeing what haooens? Basically by passing everything inside the car. Also did you test the msd unit by arcing the wires together while hooked up to the battery?
Finally got to work on it last weekend and this weekend.
Removed the MSD.
Reinstalled the Mopar electronic ignition and rewired the wire that was just twisted and taped. It started right up. Ran great.
Tuesday night I went to start it and it spins but won't start.
Today(Saturday) I swapped out the Ballast resistor but it still would not start. I put the timing light on it and remote starter switch with the key left in the on position and cranked it over but no light on the timing light. (BTW the car has gas)
I did notice when I was trying to start it with the key that when I released the key and turned it toward the off position it would do a momentary stumble, like it had a spark. I did this several times with that same result. I assume I have a short somewhere which is intermittent.
I eventually got a hot electric smell from the ballast resistor so I unhooked the battery and called it a day.
I presume that if I run a hot wire direct from the battery to the coil and then crank it over it will start. I will give this a try tomorrow. Whether this works or not I need to track down what I presume is a short, perhaps in the ignition switch in the column?
Process of elimination and work my way through this until I track it down.
Any advice is always welcome : )
Mike
