OT '75 dodge pickup ignition problem

[dondeereb]

just want to thank you you folks for your input and suggestions regarding my friends ignition problem. turns out it was not the ignition module but a device on the firewall with the words"voltage regulator-ignition". replaced that, engine started right up on one crank rotation.
thanks again for your help.

don deere

 

[fixerupper]

Thanks for letting us know what you found. We've learned something too. I've had to replace that box twice on my 79 W200. Last time wasn't too long ago and it just plain quit in the middle of the road when the box conked out. Jim

 

[ASEguy]

My mom had a 75 Duster and we kept a spare dual ballast resistor in the glove box for such occasions. Glad it's fixed.

 

[Gambles]

Way back in the early 80s, I worked at a service station that had a few ignition parts in inventory. On the other side of the street was a grocery store. Right at quitting time one day, a big old boat of a Chrysler wouldn't start as it sat across the street at the grocery store. The car owner came in the shop and just KNEW that his car was going to sit there overnight and he and his wife didn't know what they were going to do. Just on a hunch, and without doing any troubleshooting, I grabbed a Chrysler dual resister and walked over to the car. 30 seconds later the car was running and two minutes later I had the thing bolted in and I slammed the hood shut. The car owner just stood there with a blank look on his face because I had enough ESP to figure out what was wrong with the car without any troubleshooting. (Yea, I'd gotten lucky and my head was pretty big at that time) I charged the dumbfounded driver for the price of the part only (probably about $2 at the time) and sent him on his way. I think that stunned him even more.