Update--So I decided to bite the bullet and bought a used one on eBay that they said tested good. Maybe im doing something wrong but when I checked resistance I got 2500 ohms, only 20 ohms better than mine. What's even worse is I figured I had nothing to lose with the old one, so I started grinding on it to take off the outer cover and maybe see where the short was. Yes, bad call, but I was frustrated, and I wanted to find out more about how a CDI was made . Now I have NO continuity. I just made a bad situation worse. I really don't want to part this out. there must be something missing here that I'm overlooking. For instance- [links]