Mallory Unilite with Mallroy AL6 Wiring help needed, Electrical gurus please help me - Meltdown today. Options

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73 1.7 that I converted to carbs. Set the car up for a better engine someday, but I wanted this to be my sort out from the restoration.

Got the 1.7 in yesterday, and the starter turns it over fine. I have the fuel pump jumper per world instructions, (III on board diagram below) and that works fine.

So now I am on to checking out the new iginition system. Here is what I am working with.



The small red wants to be switched. I am taking it off the relay board pin next to the fuel pump jumper. (I on board diagram below)

To trouble shoot the ignition, the instructions say, disconnect the coil to dist post. Disconnect the large White wire that is used to trigger the ignition. Turn the ignition switch on, and hold the coil wire 1/4 inch from ground, and take the White trigger and ground. A large spark should jump from the coil wire to ground if the ignition is working properly.

So I set this up and turn on the ignition and I see smoke ....... The insulation melted off the small black all the way back to the AL6. Since I used that pick up from the relay board that is switched, but not fused, I must have created a good short.

So my question is, what about the wires that previously went to the old distributor off the relay board.



#7 which is on my car a large solid black I tied this in to the small black and the coil negative. Did this create the short. Should this wire be just insulated off?
Is there a better place to pick up a switch hot that would be fused than terminal (I)?

The #1 black/purple, I spliced into the yellow for the tach.

I also took the ballast resister out of the circuit while trouble shooting all this.

I hope I didn't completely toast the AL6

John