erratic voltage
Hello All, Hopefully I can get a little insite from the guru's. I have searched the threads and found a few threads, however I haven't ran across this specific question. 1978 1450 QL I noticed that the battery is leaking, So I checked my voltage at the battery with a digital meter, the voltage is very erratic, seems to come and go, will show 16 for a moment then flickers off. I presume it is a bad V/R so I swapped it with one from my 1650. Now I can not say that one is good either, but I get the same result. I have checked continuity for ground on the v/r is good. About 35 volts AC on stator. So I guess my question is is it likely that both regulator are bad? On this particular tractor the connections going to the switch have been hot, hot enough to melt the packard connector and the amp gauge is pegged to the + side ( broken always pegged) 
Can anyone say how reliable the V/Rs on these are?
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Gary
1974 1650 50A "budscub" Was my fathers
1969 125 42"
1978 1450 44A dual hydraulics
1984 782 50C dual hydraulics, waiting for vanguard
Z-force Cub cadet Zero turn
Sears '66 Suburban 10 Sears '66 Suburban 12
2 Breaking plows, 2 disc's, front blade, rear blade, Sickle bar mower, 2 decks 3pt harrow
74 "Green 100 "John" 
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