Changing the electronics to MC18 will indeed be a big job. Even the PGM-I from the 1988 model is significantly different to the MC16, so really I think it's best to try and find/repair the MC16 CDI.

Let us know what happens when you swap the CDI's over. Does the misfire move to the other cylinder?
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