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    1989 Force 125 CDM Swap Woes

    I finally had some more time yesterday to further test with an actual DVA. The stator is pushing 230V+ and has 641Ω resistance. However, only one leg of the trigger is getting above 200mV while cranking. Oddly enough, when I would plug in a CDM to that lead, the trigger voltage would drop to 0...
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    1989 Force 125 CDM Swap Woes

    After finding three different trigger DVA specs for this ignition system, I decided to try a CDI Electronics trigger. Previously, I was getting 0.45v RMS from my trigger leads. After switching to the CDI unit, I'm now getting 0.10v RMS. Regardless, I'm not getting any spark. The CDI Electronics...
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    1989 Force 125 CDM Swap Woes

    Hi all! Longtime lurker; first time poster. After my motor started running rough a couple of weeks ago, I noticed some bare copper showing on one of my trigger wires. Since I had read about a couple of folks successfully swapping the Prestolite CDI system to the Mercury/Force CDM system, I...
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