No. Be sure you scrape the paint away around the mounting screws, and if you can come up with any, "start" lock washers, either internal or external, are helpful
Thank you . I already installed the ground strap before getting your message , but did not scrape the paint away . There was some rust where it mounts on one side . I sanded it a little bit . I will do it over soon and try to get to some more bare metal there . I think it is grounded though . as per your previous posts , i did the voltage test from the NEG battery post to VR flange and got ZERO . I then got 0.02 with the headlight switch , heater , and air conditioner all on .
Right now the system is overcharging . Oddly , it is also overcharging with the voltage regulator unplugged from it's connector . I don't understand that . At a slow idle the meter was reading 13-14+ . With the RPM"S up it was going over 17 !
