I put the new regulator on. Started it up and it charged about as I would expect it to. Was ready to declare victory, but as I drove it around the yard for about 10 minutes, suddenly the amp gauge went to full discharge. Tapped on the regulator with my hand and it went full charge. Then it started fluctuating up and down wildly. I put a voltmeter on the battery and the voltage was doing the same thing as the ammeter, which makes sense.
So it's back to the drawing board.
Now I need to determine if I got a bad new regulator, or if there is a bad connection some place in the wiring.
It's always something.
