I hate wiring

OP. You need to learn this. It is not that difficult.

EDIT: LOL What I mean is you can dump a lot of money into mechanics that really don't know any more about these old girls than you do

I knew nothing at all about alternators on autos when I was young. Back then (in the late 60's) THERE WAS no internet. You hoped your Dad's "Motors Manual" covered some of it. You went to the dealer and PAID damn good hard earned money for the service manual. And multimeters were not cheap and available at every corner auto parts and hardware store.

You have a service manual? Go to MyMopar and download one............free

You need a 12V test lamp, a decent multimeter, and some alligator clip jumper leads. You can order alligator clips on egag and solder up a few.