318 Wont start unless I jump out the ballast resistor.

I never ran the bypass for more than the time it took to start the car.

The car is a 1971 Dodge dart Swinger.

I'm thinking about sanding the old points and installing them..

Just to get this right, 12V hot to right side of ballast block. The left hand side of the ballast block goes to the positive side of the coil, Negative side (Of the coil) goes to the distributor.
Correct?