1968 Dodge Dart Engine Bay Wiring Fix Questions

If you don't have one, wander over to MyMopar.com and download a factory service manual. Also get the aftermarket wiring diagrams. They are not always detailed/ complete, but can be easier to follow.

The single transmission wire IS NOT reverse lights, it was for the neutral safety. You need to ground that to get the key to operate the starter relay, or else research the clutch safety switches used on 70/ later cares and re-route the wire to that switch

The problem with eliminating the ballast is that the "ignition run" (IGN1) power from the ignition switch GOES DEAD during cranking.

The only ignition power then comes from the resistor "bypass" circuit, (IGN2) which is brown.

So find the brown connecting to the coil side of the ballast resistor and the blue "run" and hook them together.

A simple way is to simply tie the ballast wires together, then take the old original coil + wire and feed that to the "small red" trigger wire on the MSD. Read the destructions carefully. 'Main power' the "big red" is always hot to the MSD. The "small red" works like a relay trigger wire, and THAT is what you wire "switched."

Alternator.........you NEED that blue field wire, someone has converted your alternator to the 70/ later style which is fine and better. "Short story" is, trace all the wiring to the ECU plug and eliminate only those. Hook everything else together in a splice there at the ballast