Charging issue 68 barracuda

I cannot see what you are referring to. Might just be overspray. Some of the original VR had a little fuse link internally. They were not meant to be repaired. One thing you could do is reconnect everything "as normal" and again make CERTAIN the VR is grounded. Pull the green wire and insert your meter set up for current and measure current with key on

YOU DID NOT and we need this..unless you are fluent with multimeters..........post the model no or photo of your meter. Measuring current is RISKY if you are unfamiliar ........and can burn out fuses at the least and the meter at the worst