No surprise that I couldn't accomplish much with a 3 yr old helping me in the garage. Will try later this week.

Robert, is the basis to essentially replace the regulator portion of the harness with separate, external wires to full out those splices? What condition does connecting the alt batt stud to the blue field create? I'm trying to understand it. At the moment, I can' t get my head around it.

From searching the site, I see that you've been helping members figure out this very issue. I'm just frustrated that I've been parked all summer.

I have the 71 service manual, so I can also try the regulator test on page 8-27