The two fuses I have in I believe are the correct fuses.
The field was a brand new field.
I just checked all the grounds, and all have good contact (no resistance on the multimeter)
After being pissed off at this for a few days, looking at it this morning in a 'different light' just showed me that the keyed clutch disk is rubbing on the lip of the field. (the brand new field lip is worn and showing a bit of mushrooming.)
So I think I found the cause of the heat that's melting the potting. Metal on metal at 3600 RPM I believe would put off a lot of heat...
Is there supposed to be a washer/spacer on the engine shaft that holds the keyed clutch disk off the field? As this seems to be the only explanation that *IF* there was one there previously that it degraded/rusted out and caused this to become a 'sudden' problem. There would be no reason for the old field to pull out to rub the disk, and the new field is properly mounted and torqued in place with no debris/obstructions behind it on the engine block to hold it further out from the block than what was designed...
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