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Thought I had it at first, because I started it up and the needle stayed between +10 and +20.

Then I poked around some more and closed the hood, started it up again, and the needle was pegging again.

If you revved it & it didn't peg then it did that would point to a wiring/grounding problem elsewhere rather than the reg, as when a reg goes bad it stays bad. Holler how it turns out.

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