junior4597
Contributing Member
Hey all - looking for a little clarity on this topic. I have a circa 1987 Crusader 270 model that I just swapped out the distributor from a points set-up (Mallory YL670AV) to an electronic one (Mallory YLM 624AV). I have an external coil and ballast resistor. I have a suspicion that the ballast resistor is bad. A few questions:
Any thoughts would be great!
- Is there a sure fire was to test these resistors to ensure they are working correctly? I assume multimeter but how exactly, either with key turned on or off? Where do you put the leads?
- If I have migrated from a points distributor to an electronic one do I still need the ballast resistor? Assuming I'm using the same coil as I had with the points dizzy.
- If, after testing, the ballast resistor is bad how do I know which one to replace it with? I see there are different types based on ohms. No idea how many ohms my current one is.
Any thoughts would be great!