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When i get home tonight i will snap a few pictures so that you can look at what I've done. Sure sounds like they way i have it. i even had the resistor in there at one point because it comes in the pigtail kit (Accel maybe... got it from Summit or Jegs).
Has me baffled. i do electrical controls work for a living and you would think that this should be childs play. Maybe I am not a child like my wife insists.

Nice " marriage is wonderful" jab.
I like that.
At work I'm always in a hurry so I do this:
With a common automotive test light grounded to bty neg--
1) first touch bty pos--does light in tester come on? Hey! The tester works today!
2) touch to alt big output term--should be bright bulb like you saw when you touched bat pos.
OK? Move on. Not OK disc/ burned output wire, fuse, fusible link...bad bty cable pos pigtail
3) with engine running should be power on BOTH wires to integral reg.
4) However, should be DIM bulb on " idiot light" ckt Not NO bulb--dim bulb.
These are VERY quick checks that REALLY help on a production vehicle charging system diagnosis.
They assume a few things. Take into account the modifications in your hot rodded vehicle.

I have some pics but now i need to go refresh myself on how to post a pic. Give me a bit and let me see if i can figure it out.

I don't agree with the garish colors.
But here's a wiring pic.
Notice that integral reg terminal closest to output term is the idiot light wire.

GM Alt types.

Ok pretty sure its a CS type. i guess i just need to check the wiring one more time but pretty sure I have tried every combination. I have attached some pictures. Don't think they help much. I tihnk i need to take the tape off and show some individual wires for clarity.

So with key on, should have power on all three wires. Disconnect connector one wire should be full power the other one " dim bulb" when tested with a common circuit tester. ( unpowered pointy tester with bulb inside).
Is that what you have?

I will have to check that when i get home. Hopefully the tester isn't too buried in the stuff for the move.

I have used the HAMB for info now and again but I have found that there are some real jerks over there. Ask some questions and you get some snarky snotty responses. And god help you if you can't post some pictures of really special magical projects you are working on. I think some of the long time users have gotten too big for their britches over there.

Yep,,no shortage of prima donnas over there when it comes to opinions. However the site is a good alternative source of technical information,,paint, bodywork etc. Some of those guys are quite the artisans when it comes to shaping a flat piece of tin into a fender or whatever. I am currently considering purchasing another project from a Hamb member and by reading a few of his posts I get a very good insight into who I am dealing with...