As a testament to "Dont assume your new part is perfectly good":
After at least a month of "brain burnout" struggling, not sleeping, frustrated beyond healthy, nearly rewiring the front end, continuity testing everything, searching for blown fuses, external bench testing with dedicated wires, simulations, etc!!!!, my brother-in law thought two of my pictures looked funny. The wire colors didn't make sense to him.
Turns out that when I replaced the grey alternator input plug, the blue and blk/wht wires in the pug had been reversed when it was assembled. I didn't think to check if the factory did it right! That never crossed my mind, or anyone else's for that matter!
So check out the pics. I pulled the pins from the plug, and re-inserted them correctly. It took 30 seconds. I'm making a pure 14.4 volts at the battery!! And sleeping again!
Smokey burnouts! R~
'68 400HO Coupe, 4 spd, 259 interior, Windward Blue. My other car's a Johnson 15 outboard on a '61 Starcraft rowboat... Just sayin'.
