part ordered
 

I found a used regulator on ebay that had the wiring harness included, that's a big plus for me , because I'd have had to replace most of the lugs anyway. The guy said it tested good, so for $40 including shipping, I did it.

The other regulator tests OK, but is a bit scorched, I may try reusing it.

Once I get this worked out, I may change my harness to isolate the charging circuits & my two battery system. I like that it's redundant, in a way. How many of y'all are set up like that?

Back at it!
 

Had an emergency trip to Alaska. Now I'm back & ready to get the boat fixed.

I have all the parts & it looks like the rain stopped so I have a question or two.

I'd like to make sure I don't have the same issue & burn up these regulators.

I thought through the possibility that the regulator had a bad ground. It gets the ground from the case to the water jacket on the block, right?

That was all clean & tight & had electrical grease on it, so that seems unlikely.

The wiring was all burned so it's hard to tell what went first, a short?

The stator LOOKS ok, I did not test it, should I?

I have a new (used) harness so the install should be easyier than repairing all that wiring.

Any suggestions?

Doug

done!
 

Put everything together yesterday, fired her up and Score! It's working.

Put in a new battery, all I need to do now is filters and grease the trailer & watch out lemonfish!