E-unit power is on all the time

There is probably a short which is duplicating the lever's function of bringing the coil winding to ground. Look at the wire coming off of the coil which then goes to the lever, it may be touching the frame.

Dave

Recently I had the very problem that Dave and John described. The wire was shorted against the metal bracket that was holding the coil, right where it came out of the coil. In my case, I was able to nudge the wire over a bit, and put a bit of nail polish on it.

The fix may not last for ever, but it was my own piece. If a problem arises, I will address it then.

Hi Dave, 

Good call. I looked at both coil wires but there was nothing obvious.  The wire that comes off the coil and goes to the ground of the lever, is at the the bottom of the coil and is sandwiched in between a plastic disk and the metal frame that houses the coil.  I suspected the insulation between the coil wire and frame was bad and decided to take the frame apart and put a new piece of insulation between the coil wire and the frame.  That did it. 

Thanks,

John