Back at a again Can't get it cranked

[Kevin71]

Yes I have a MSD pro billet dist.

[TelisSE440]

Yes I have a MSD pro billet dist.

And the engine cranked wiring directly to the battery? Because I thought that it shouldn't have, not that I 've tried or anything...

[Kevin71]

I connected it directly first and then connected it to the ignition switched positive line that was going to the MSD 6al unit.  It doesn't have a ballast resistor in it at this time.  So I am going to call msd tomorrow and ask if I need to put it back in until get the 6AL unit back.  It runs fine, but I it dawned on me that maybe it should have the ballast resistor in.  Does anyone know if it is ok to run  a msd 2 blaster coil without a ballast resistor ?

[Chryco Psycho]

I doubt it will last long without a resister

[Kevin71]

I was concerned about that.  But I wanted to make sure the problem is the msd box.  Could I have damaged the coil driving if a few miles already and it still run?

[Chryco Psycho]

no , it should be fine

[dodj]

I connected it directly first and then connected it to the ignition switched positive line that was going to the MSD 6al unit.    It runs fine

I'm missing something here. What do you have triggering the coil? Maybe I'm misunderstanding you. You have ignition +ve connected to the coil? No ECU? Where do the two small wires that come out of the body of the distributor go?

[Kevin71]

I have a power lead that is ignition controlled on and off to the positive side of the coil.  Then I have two wires to the distributor and one wire from the distributor to ground.  No ballast resistor or ECU connected.  It is a MSD billet dist