Ballast resistor Q's

65-440 said
What I was getting at is if he thinks the ballast is his issue, and he's no longer running the older style coil / points why not delete the ballast. It would serve no purpose at that point and removing it would take it out of the equation.

Sorry, but depending on what ignition he's running, this STILL is not correct. If you run a factory - like Mopar electronic, a ballast is required.