i need help!

broncomitch · May 27, 2011

ok, my mustang broke down, (once again the painless harness has screwed me)

it broke down in the middle of the road with no sholder, so i had to push it into a area where the city has marked off with sine's of DO NOT PARK WILL BE TOWED!!!!

but i had no choice, my ballast resistor burned up so no spark, i tryed to bypass it but it keeps blowing the fuse. i tryed to put power to the coil but almost melted the wire! i had to walk 3 miles back to my gf's house and my phone's screen is shatterd and my gf wont be home for a few more hours and i need to get home to take care of the dog's!

how do i wire this pig so it will run???????????????

it's a 289 points setup

broncomitch · May 27, 2011

im worried for the mustang, when i was fiddeling with it lot's of kids where screaming NICE MUSTANG, I LOVE YOUR CAR, BUY A CHEV

IT'S NOT FORDS FALT! IT'S THIS $900 POS WIRING HARNESS!

Viperwolf1 · May 27, 2011

You can hookup a wire between the battery and the coil but the wire needs to be pretty heavy. It'll try to melt right away if the points are closed. bump the engine until the points are open. You'll know when the points are open because there'll be no spark when you attach the wire. Do that then fire it up and drive. You'll need to pull the wire off to kill it.

broncomitch · May 27, 2011

Ah, ok. I tried that but the wire was pretty thin and started smoking. I have a spark test light and it was not very bright. My good ole holly is leaking again too. Time to say goodbye to the mustang I think

broncnaz · May 27, 2011

Sounds like you might have something else wrong possibly a bad condensor or the coil itself has shorted out. I've run several engines with just a 12 or 14 guage wire going straight to the coil by passing the resistor have yet to smoke the wire.

JLBachs · May 28, 2011

X2 on the short - give yourself a cooldown time after it's fixed before you sell it. I've sold two 60's mustangs and when you hear the exhaust headed down the road you realize what you just did.

DirtDonk · May 28, 2011

True words those.
And sure they paint a sad picture.

Paul

ryansbronco · May 28, 2011

Switch it to a duraspark from a 73ish bronco

broncomitch · May 28, 2011

i got most of the parts to do the swap.

just this is my DD and i cant have it be doing this.

i went throught two coil's, points, and two ballast resistor's, but i got it home.

lot's of day's i love driving it, and other's i cant stand it!

i need help!

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