" I only jumped the wire across the switch long enough to see the volt meter take a nose dive (maybe 2 seconds). "
____ As far as the rotor-magnets are concerned, it doesn't matter how long the stator is charged by the battery, with DC-current passing-through, it's only the moments when the circuit-connection is MADE & when it's broken-off, that the undesired effect on the magnets occurs.
" I still have good voltage from both the white and red wires coming off the 2 wire coil. "
____ That's good then.
__ The red alt.wire-lead (from the lighting alt.power-coil) is for running just the lights, while the white wire-lead (from the same stator-coil) is to feed a diode to then charge the battery.
" And I don't care how the thing is wired.
I started out wiring it as I found it, then wiring it like the wiring diagram (except for the jumper part) so I am ready for round 3 if that's what it takes to get it working properly. "
____ The stock wiring-system is not so bad really, so I suggest that you try going that way, and if you then don't like something about it, then later we can try whatever modifications you please.
" The black wire on the lower left is the 6v hot wire from the battery.
it distributes battery power to the other posts in all (1,0,2) positions. "
____ Well it's not supposed to be connected-up that way, as the black-wire & the terminal it's connected to are intended for the tail-light.
" The tan wire on the right is I assume the taillight because when the switch is in the 2 position it powers the brown (D) and the (just below,call it B ) post (the one with the copper strip going up to the Hi-Lo toggle). This would give you headlight and tail light in the (2) switch position. The B post has no way to connect a wire to it. It is just connected to the cooper strip. Just below B post you can see (E post)the suspect red wire from the alternator (presently disconnected in the headlight) It looks like it is connected to B but if you enlarge the picture you can see it is turned left. The other post lower left (call it F) is under the yellow wire. There is a blue wire you can't see that is connected to that F post. It goes to the parking light I don't have (taped up). So in position (one) 6v power is going to 2 dead ended wires. "
____ When the switch is set so that the tail AND the headlight are to be powered-on, the power-source is supposed to be from the red alt.wire-lead !
Also I believe the switch's '1' position is supposed to allow the battery (B+) to power the tail & the head-shell parking-lamp lights (regardless of whether the key-switch is turned-on)...
So the red wire at "E" is supposed to go to the parking-lamp, while the hidden blue-wire at "F" is supposed to carry the B+ power-source into the switch. _ So if you indeed have the switch pictured currently in position-1, then it correctly has the B+ connected to the parking-lights.
__ Position-2 would connect the brown-wire at "D" to the Hi/Lo input & the tail-light -(black-wire at "C"), so therefore we know that that tan/brown-wire is to be connected to the red alt.wire-lead (from the alt.cable coming out of the motor-case) !
__ Position-0 would only have the three loads all connected together, thus it's the OFF-mode !
____ Your statements of what's what threw me off a bit at first, so I had to take a bit longer to realize that those statements must have been ASSUMED by you rather than actually factual, and so I've come to realize that your posted declarations (of what's what) were quite misleading & incorrect.
I would've been able to straighten-out all the points sooner if you had merely posted your picture and left EVERYTHING-else for myself to state what all is actually what.
__ Well that's all of what I have done for you concerning the 4 wires & terminal-posts which you had brought-up. _ Let me know if you also wish confirmation of the functions of the remaining three wires, (and if so, then please post a pic of the TOP-side of your switch).
____ Perhaps you'd find this past thread of some interest (as it is mostly concerning your model & current topic). -
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61 Hopeful-Cheers,
-Bob