Wow! You are quite a distance away from me right now. The internet has made the world such a small place.
Something might be wrong with your continuity testing. You said you were not getting continuity between the input and output jack tips when the bypass switch is off (which means signal will pass through your pedal when the LED is off)…but in your first post you implied that you were getting signal through the pedal when the bypass switch was pressed (when the LED is turned off), and then when the bypass LED is turned on, the signal drops in volume, unless I read into your post the completely wrong way.
Anyway, this makes me have a hard time trusting that your continuity tests are accurate. Could you please let me know if you are getting signal through your pedal when the bypass LED is off?
-Brach