Coil Voltage!!! Wtf!

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
I agree (WTF).. Electrical problems are never very fun and sometimes don't follow logic per se, but lets see if we can isolate the problem.

Known: wires from the stock harness read 3v when connected to the coil and 12v when not. correct?
Measure the voltage from coil (+) to engine (-) and chassis (-) and see what you come up with. Also you might want to power things independently of one another for testing

CORRECT:

-I hooked a jumper wire directly up to my battery (-) and tested, and it is still 3V. The only way i tested that got a 12V reading, was when i had everything hooked up as explained, and had a wire running directly from my battery (+) to the (+) on the coil....but i do not want to run a direct switched power from my battery...that is what the ignition is supposed to do.

Any more thoughts?:read2: