Forgive my ignorance, but do the wires coming off the stator go directly into the V/R? If not, where do i find them?

YUP...:ThumbsUp:

Ok. I will get on it and get back soon!
Thanks for the super fast replies!

So I got some unexpected time to work on this so I got a new battery and found that the VR is at 13.3 volts. However the stator is showing 0 ohms. Now this is with a cheap digital multimeter but i think it might be right considering the regulator is OK. I know nothing about stators. What do I do now? Just a question, if the stator is truly bad wouldn't the engine die if the battery was dead?

Is it at 13.3V when running? Idle or WOT? If so, then you have to be testing wrong. The stator can't be open and still charging.

I Just tested again but this time I had a helper. At wot I only have 12.5 Volts. I checked 3 times so I am pretty confident this time. No idea how I got the earlier measurement.

So...... are you asking what to do next? :bigthink:

Yeah. Pretty much. I assume that the stator is bad. Is this something I can fix or is it a new part that is needed? Is this something I should bring to a shop? I can take most anything apart and put it back together but in this case I don't even know where the stator is located. Any idea of how much work the fix would be?

IF you are getting 12.5VDC, that isn't that far off. I am going to say I do NOT think it is a Stator issue.

FOR A TEST.....

Run a long jumper wire from the Battery Negative Terminal to the V/R Case (or housing) and see what you get when you measure the voltage.

So here is maybe a dumb question but I just noticed that the bolt holding the vr is missing. On top of that the po wrapped the vr in electrical tape so there is no ground to the vr at all. Could this be the problem?