Ok just dove back into it. I ran jumper to starter relay to green wire from vr and it was charging. I jumped two wires from vr together and was charging. Key in on poss ign to pos battery it red .60
That is a LOT. The problem with that drop is that the VR will read that and ADD .6 to charging voltage. So it it's trying to regulate "correctly" at 14, you will be charing 14.6 at the battery.
I'd say ground VR, yes, and if no charge, follow the procedure in the manual to check field current draw. It may be "blowing up" VR
