OK here is the latest
I bye passed the ballest as stated here and rewired black to - and red to + on the coil and I got the / fired up.
Thanks for all the help FABO
cool! as far as not bypassing it if you have time you should try not bypassing it... just for giggles
the destruction when i got mine said if you dont bypass the ballast it may or may not run, it could run and then die, then not start for any given time, and a bunch of other weird symptoms...