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Originally Posted by jjrowe View Post
My next test is to check the bare shield wire that connects to the front of the CD Box has not shorted to the signal wire somehow (this is a new harness so a mistake could have been made). This would explain my signal from the points being lost and never initiating a spark.

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Jesse
1976 911S
Does you snap on meter have a current setting? If you look at the schematic http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=226517&highlight=cdi+schematic the current through the signal wire through the points to ground should be (Vbatt - 0.7) / 1000 ~ 12 milli amps.

Ooops messed up on that, missed a resistor. should be 12 / 33 or 0.36 an amp.
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