MSD 6al issues - bypass ballast resistor

67Dart273 said

There are TWO red wires.

The SMALL MSD red should hook to the coil + wire

The LARGE red must be hooked to a solid 12V, like the starter relay post

The fact is, bypassing the ballast SHOULD NOT MATTER because all the small red does is to power on the MSD.

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This is how it is hooked up and is not running. I am going to take the advice from others above and try to bypass the ballast and see if that works.

If this does not work, the only thing left is the magnetic pickup in the distributor. I am running a mopar performance electronic distributor - is there any easy way to test the magnetic pick? With MSD distributors, you can simply use an ohm meter: http://www.msdignition.com/page.aspx?id=3304 - does the same apply for mopar performance distributors?