Help needed with starting problem

[moparwacko]

I'm gonna take a stab and say you're ignition system was replaced sometime in the mid to late 70s or 80s using parts from a "donor" or junkyard car. It does not appear to be one of the early DC kits or it would have had a solid state fixed Voltage regulator, and a 2 pin ballast. All that said, they still operate (and diagnose) basically the same. Not to sound silly, but have you grounded the case to the ECM ?I see yours is mounted on fenderwell. Tried a different ECM?
NAPA TP51 or similar, doesn't matter just to see if it works. I always have a spare.
Good luck, and look up a troubleshooting guide for electronic ignition, they are quite easy to troubleshoot.

 

[PurpleBeeper]

You know what? I think you burned another ballast resistor. Believe me, I've burned a TON of them. I suggest you get a couple for your glove box (show of hands for Mopar owners that don't have an extra with them?) Anyway....If you've got an electrical short somewhere in the blue/brown ignition wires it'd keep burning them up every time it shorted. I've had that problem myself more than once.

 

[Daniel Flores Jr]

So just to update y'all...

I purchased a new ignition switch, the car started so I backed it out of my garage got under the dash looking for the wiring for the switch so I could test it with the new one first by just plugging the new one in outside the steering column. I found the plug as I started to move it the car died and would not start. Wiggled it some and started back up wiggled While it running again and died again. So I removed the plug and spliced the wiring together and the issue is gone. Thanks for all y'alls help!

 

[bm02tj]

Why did you not just fix the bad connection or splice only the one or two needed
Or have you ordered a new harness to fix properly

 

[khryslerkid]

Thanks for the update!

 

[Dennis H]

Good news. Good job.