Another starting problem

even if it doesn't normally, and i don't know... perfectly viable place to take it from or (indeed off the only live when starting, starter) ... run wire from there to inner end of ballast. job done.... you nick 12 volts for starting direct to coil, which is gone when in run.

I think this what you do when you run a denso on an earlier car if you want to carry on with full ballast functionality
there is a tech note on one of the denso sites outlineing how to use their starter with only 2 connections on a car that had 3 at the starter connection point, for if you had the need to connect up a special 12 volt feed for starting on a car that ran a ballast resistor.

no idea where i saw this but noted it at the time when hunting for oddly specified pinion gears for mopars that use 9 tooth 25 mm i.e not 35 mm like a dakota truck

Dave