rlp..... .....I don't know. Unfortunately, you don't provide me enuff information about the component parts of your IGNITION system. ...but... it sounds like your description of diagram using "2 resistors" is the normal 12 volt conversion scheme using the 6-volt squarecan ignition coil plus its manditory "infamous ballast resistor" AND a 12 to 6 volt coverting resistor connected in series like flashlight batterys. And since you claim when you wired your 12 volt conversion per the drawing and it wouldn't start, my guess is that the squarecan ignition coil was a supplied modern 12 volt squarecan ignition coil and it just plain won't work on the approximately 4 volts the 2-resistors supply. (ALTHO the OEM 6 volt coil works quite well with that resistor scheme and 12 volts) And I can't begin to guess about the "kit-supplied" resistor, but I can supply some direction there. A 12 to 6 volt converting resistor will have about 1.5 to 2 ohms resistance. The recommended 12 volt squarecan current limiting resistor is 1/2 ohm. Now most ohm meters don't measure low values of resistance very accurately (its a technical thing) but we looking at 3 to 4 times value of difference between the 2 types of resistors. So measure your kit resistor. Sometimes they even have the ohm value printed on the sides. Also measure the ignition coil primary resistance. Simplely connect one ohmmeter lead to the squarecan top terminal and measure the resistance to both bottom terminals. The high voltage secondary will read about 7000 ohms for eather the 6 or 12 volt coil. The 6 volt primary will read about 1-ohm. The 12 volt primary will read about 3-ohm. Again major determinate differences. Once you know the kit resistor value and your frontmount coil primary resistance, then you can determine what to do about the your current ignition coil wiring..... ..... respectfully, Dell a 12 volt advocate for the right reasons
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