Thanks Adam for you help but unfortunately it didn't work.
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From: Adam Bradley [mailto:ambradley@frontiernet.net]
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 11:45 AM
To: John Sciulli
Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: sick car need serious help
Your symptom sounds like a bad ballast resistor. It is bypassed when the
starter is engaged, so the car will fire, but then once you let go of the
key, if the ballast resistor is bad the car will die. You can test this by
connecting the wires on both sides of the ballast resistor and seeing if
it'll start. Don't leave it like this for very long because you'll fry your
points. But if that works, then head down to your local NAPA or whatever
and ask for a ballast resistor for an old Datsun. They should be able to
find something that's virtually identical to the one in the Roadster.
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