RE: Darned thing won't start...

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

How about the starter relay? It almost sounds like a start/run thing. Is 
the neutral safety switch working OK? Try just grounding the terminal 
where the neutral safety switch attaches and see if that helps. 

Do you have a three wire or two wire relay? Check out your wiring 
diagram and you will see that two terminals will be tied together for 
starting position and then it will go through the ballast for run. You 
can check the ballast for continuity with a meter. You probably have a 
1.5ohm resistor. I think that's what comes with the Mopar electronic. I 
ditched it for my old .8ohm and it works better for producing rpm's.

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> I need a bit of help here, guys. 
> My '64 Polara convertible won't start(sometimes). It's a 383 with mopar 
> electronic ignition. It's always been a little balky, but it just 
> refuses to go now. Last year it got a new Evans wiring harness 
> underhood, along with a new distributor and box. 
> Sometimes it would start fine, other times I'd have to bypass the 
> ballast resistor. 
> Now, with the resistor bypassed and the coil wire pulled and grounded to 
> a header, it gives one spark when you turn the ket and one more when you 
> release the key and that's it. I swapped in another control box and no 
> improvement. Went over all the grounds, changed the coil and wire and 
> still no better. 
> 
> Any suggestions? 
> 
> Mark 
> 
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> 



Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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