66 Buick skylark 340 engine
I need to wire in a ceramic ballast resistor. It has two terminals on
it. The car originally came with just the resistance wire, but it's not
there anymore. It has a stock points distributor. The coil says to use
an external ballast resistor. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the
way I think it should go. On the negative terminal of the coil should
go the wire from the distributor. On the positive terminal of the coil
should go the wire from the starter solenoid. Also on this terminal
should go a wire that connects the ballast resistor to a 12 volt source
which should be on the ignition switch. Let me know if this is right so
far, but I still have a problem. I'm too stupid to figure out how to
put the wire in the ignition switch. I thought that when I pulled the
ign. switch out of the dash that I would see prongs on which to attach
the wires. Instead there is a dark brown plastic piece that the wires
go through and it is connected to the metal part of the switch. I'm
afraid that if I try to pull it apart, I will break it. Is there
another place that I can connect a ballast resistor wire to. Battery?
Voltage regulator? Fuse panel? Please be very specific. And thank you
for any help.