Ballast Resistor Location

[66tbird]

I Was Reading Early Posts The One On Transistor Ignition On 66 Tbird If You Have Trans Ignition You Still Have Points But Under Dash I Believe On Passenger Side There Is A Box Its An Amplifier You May Have Seen One On Ebay There Have Been Several For Sale

[bowserhound]

Thanks, this thread has just confused me even more.

[SCUMDOG]

Originally Posted by 66tbird

While Working On My Tbird Today I Realized That The Power Windows Works With The Key In The Accesory Position. I Think This Would Put Power To Ignitor If You Used The Power Relay On Firewall You Not Want Power To Ignitor When Not Running

I think you'll find the relay on the firwall (for the power windows0 is 'disarmed' while you twist the key to activate the starter and crank the motor.

Which means while you're cranking the motor over you would have no power to the ignition if you were running it off the power window relay.

[MUDBIRD65]

Wow im so glad im not the only one getting 5 pieces of info for this situation and im still not sure what to do..ive put all the same stuff in my car and it runs rough at low rpm, kinda rich...butr if i connect the red wire to the battery (a direct 12v source) it runs awesome.... the window relay works fine unless youre starting or turning off the engine...so where do we bypass the ballast resistor?? havent ben able to figure out where in the wire loom or on the ignition switch do we tap into everything to get power straight to the coil/pertronixs?

thanks for the info..

[66tbird]

connecting pertronix-- I have connected the wire from the ignitor to the wiring on the passenger side harness. I opened the covering and connected it to the green with red (# in shop manual is 904 on page 22-6 & 22-7 starting and charging diagram) it had 11.85 volts with car not runing and 13+ while running at idle with a/c on and no power with key in acc. position. this is on a 66 landau GOOD LUCK
ps its dark right now will confirm color tomorrow 99% sure

[66tbird]

4-29-07 i posted where to connect ignitor wire as i said it is green with red #904 see post just before this one