I put it into gear and it dies.

RustyRatRod said

Plus, you've "really" not isolated the ballast. You bypassed the whole circuit, so if there's a broke connection "other" than the ballast, you missed it. If you bypass "just" the ballast and it runs, you've narrowed it down "bout" as far as you can. lol

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ok, so this time I ACTUALLY bypassed the ballast resistor and the problem still exists. only fires in crank.
My question is, when I gave 12 volts to the "coil" end of the ballast and made it run, would that mean the problem is before the ballast resistor?