You can still buy ballast resistors, the original was 0.9 ohms.Dropping 3 volts with 0.9 ohms means a current of 3.3 Amps, which means the resistor is dissipating 9.8 watts, so I’d use a 20 watt resistor. Check Digikey or Mouser
			
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