[patrickt]

There are five wires coming out of the harness to the voltage regulator. Four go to the plug and the solid black one has an eyelet for the ground to the regulator itself. Using your VOM, do this:

1) Place the + lead of the VOM on the positive side of your car's battery and the - lead of your VOM on the black eyelet. Do you have 12 volts? If not, there's a bad ground connection to the black wire.

2) With the key turned on, but not cranking, put the + lead of your VOM on the YELLOW/RED wire going to the voltage regulator and the - lead of your VOM on the black wire's eyelet. Do you have 12 volts?

3) If the answer to #2 was "No" then, just for the heck of it, turn your turn signals on, each way, and see if that makes the voltage go up and down on the YELLOW/RED wire like a flashing bulb would do. BTW, this should never happen.

Then report back.