Newer dci systems like yours have to have the battery for constant power to the regulator,etc. Older magneto triggered ignitions could crank up on a weak or dead battery with a recoil or kick starter. If a regulator went out on these they either just fried batteries from too much voltage or drained them down if they didn't put out enough.They didn't cause problems with modules as much as the newer ignition systems do.

 

well installed the new pulse coil and gapped at .025 from high point on flywheel. seeing .6vac during cranking but still only 12v from cdi to coil. not sure what else to check. did notice showing 12vdc to coil from cdi box with key on and it drops to 11.4 during cranking.

 

Check chapter 9 pages 11 and 12 again. Blue white wire from cdi should show 200-250dcv to ground.Problem could be in the replacement cdi or even the pick up coil. Resistance on the pickup white and white red should be 520 ohms.

 

im reading blue/white to battery - and only seeing 12.4vdc - 11.2vdc in that ball park during cranking from the cdi. got ahold of tech support from the cdi vendor and they said you should see 2-4 volts from trigger. (did not spec if that was ac or dc but assume it is dc) sense I don't have the peak adaptor I cant do that test but i figure its one or the other on the voltage test when checking the pulse trigger. so asking the vendor if i can series a few AA battery's together to get give the cdi box a pulse trigger for testing there output.

 

scratch the battery idea after reading what a peak adaptor is.

 

When manuals call for peak readings,hard to use a multi meter alone. You can find expensive adapters,meters that come with the adapter cables or cheap aftermarket ones.

 

diy peak voltage adapter

got a schematic online and went to radio shack and made this peak voltage adapter first reading from pulse trigger was 2.3v. after adjusting it with the gap of a business card its now showing 5.8v and still no change from the output of the cdi using a vom.

 

Then entirely possible the aftermarket cdi might be the problem. Hit or miss with some of these cheap Chinese items as far as reliability.

 

got another cdi (aftermarket) no change ready to throw the towel in.

 

Did you ever pull the black wire from the cdi to isolate it from the ignition and left control switches or have a good battery instead of the jetski battery?If you have and still no spark,then could be the aftermarket regulator or the after market stator and pickup coil. Beginning to have no faith in any of these after market parts. Polaris oem stators,cdis,and regulators are ridiculously expensive for this Korean made Hawkeye,but beginning to think that's the only way to go to keep people from chasing their tails.