[RichardJ]

The lesson that needed to be learned, is that there is a difference between the starter circuit and the Ignition circuit.

The title of this thread is " Ballast Resistor vs. Resistor Wire ". That alone implies an ignition problem and in your post #3 >>and I'm not getting spark with the key in "start", <<
You can not trouble shoot an ignition problem if the engine is not cranking over.




In your post #14 on Apr 20
>>Now I turn the key and I get I very short burst of power and then nothing.<<

I ask in post #24
POWER??????

If the answer to that was, the engine would not crank over, you could have had it running a week ago.
Efficient trouble shooting requires good information.