Quote: Sounds like you may have accidently fried the voltage regulator...see warning on most voltage regulators "Warning do not short any terminals to ground". Also remember that solenoid wire goes directly to IGN side of voltage regulator. I believe there is a way to test voltage regulator but I don't know how to do that. I'm sure someone else will chime in.
looking at the above wiring schematic I guess that would be the first place to look......what about the dash charging gauge would it indicate that the voltage regulator was not working?
