Battery Not Charging

In post #14, take a look at the VR. Notice the little black arrow on the bottom left corner. That arrow is a symbol thats used to indicate a ground circuit back to the battery.Notice at the battery, the same symbol appears. If the VR is not grounded back to the battery, the charge system CANNOT work! This means the VR needs to be more than touching the body, and more than bolted on. The back of the VR, where it is bolted on has to be bare,shiney, metal AND the place where it touches the body has also to be bare shiney metal, AND somewhere the body needs to be grounded back to the battery; also with bare, unpainted, shiney surfaces.
But I think you already knew that.