thelasthour
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"Yesterday, I could not get my
"Yesterday, I could not get my starboard 350 started unless I bridged the posts on my ballast resistor. Once it started I removed the temporary bridge and it kept running. I did this 3 times and it would only start with the "bridge". What confused me was that I thought the resistor would either "break" or "work". At the end of the days boating it would start without the "bridge". My conclusion is that the ballast resistor is going bad somehow. I've read that I can skip the ballast and get the coil with an internal resistor, but I don't know which one to get. Can someone point me in the right direction? It has a mallory unilite ignition. I saw a Sierra on West Marine, but I don't want to get the wrong one. If anyone thinks it is not the ballast resistor please explain. Thanks,
Steve"
"Yesterday, I could not get my starboard 350 started unless I bridged the posts on my ballast resistor. Once it started I removed the temporary bridge and it kept running. I did this 3 times and it would only start with the "bridge". What confused me was that I thought the resistor would either "break" or "work". At the end of the days boating it would start without the "bridge". My conclusion is that the ballast resistor is going bad somehow. I've read that I can skip the ballast and get the coil with an internal resistor, but I don't know which one to get. Can someone point me in the right direction? It has a mallory unilite ignition. I saw a Sierra on West Marine, but I don't want to get the wrong one. If anyone thinks it is not the ballast resistor please explain. Thanks,
Steve"