Backwards ignition ?

[69383RR]

First of all I would like to say hello to the members here and to introduce myself before I bombard you with questions . My name is Tom , I live in Vermont and I have been working on a 69' roadrunner ,383 four speed going on two years now . A friend who's more mechanically inclined then I am helps out from time to time , I'm sure that's why we haven't had to post any questions on this sight until now. The first time I saw and heard a roadrunner up close I vowed that I would have one for my very own some day . It only took forty years but I finally have one and she is beautiful. I bought this car in the middle of winter and had it shipped from Michigan and only drove it about a quarter mile from where the truck dropped it off before we started striping her down to the bear bones . Anyway , a lot has been done in the past two years and she will be ready for paint soon ,but before that happens we have a few issues we would like to take care of .Hopefully someone can help us out . When I turn the ignition key to the on position, that is all the way to the right ,the engine will not start until I release the key . The starter turns over but the engine does not start with the key in the on position , it only starts after I let go of the key , very strange . Does anyone know what I'm talking about ?

Thanks, Tom.

 

[Big John]

Does it have a Mopar electronic ignition with a 4 pole ballast resistor by chance? If so, bad ballast resistor.

 

[droptop]

Change out the ballast first, (cheaper) and if that doesn't fix it change the ignition switch.

 

[69383RR]

There is no ballast resistor anymore . We installed a Mallory electronic distributor and their coil ,which their tec support said we no longer needed the ballast resistor .

 

[Jim S.]

I still run a points and a condenser but, I remember this from moparts a few years ago because the poor guy kept throwing parts at the problem and jumping through hoops until he found a bad ground on his orange box ECU. Reading through it may give you ideas.

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=6831829&page=0&fpart=all&vc=1

 

[69383RR]

I did some additional research and found a way to test the ignition switch to see if its faulty . So far its looking like it may be the switch .
Thanks, Tom

 

[Basketcase]

welcome from Ohio Tom. post up some pics fo your runner!

 

[69383RR]

Thank you ! I've been over to the photo bucket sight to see if I could get started . As soon as I get it all figured out I would love to share all the work we have done over the last eighteen mounts. We documented pretty much every step lol.

 

[Basketcase]

great, there are a bunch of car porn guys here...........