318 no start after sitting

correct the ballast resistor is bypassed.
The old blue wire and two browns are tied together and then there's two blacks in there as well that are tied to the blue wire at another point. Don't remember much on it but to my recollection the blue and the two browns went to the ballast resistor along with a blue to the alternator regulator. Don't know about the blacks but it worked at some point . The EFI and Ignition system get's the 12v from the keyed position from that connection.

2.----- yes that is what I have done, figure 6. For all my tests I am hot wiring directly to the battery.

I got sparks with the 6A but have yet to check at the coil with this configuration, will do so.

If I have to hot wire this thing to run that's fine with me at this point, I just need it running so I can see if my new radiator fixes the cooling issue or not. Then I'm completely re-wiring the damn thing. Tired of this head banging on electrical. :banghead: haha