an electrical nightmare , please help , 1972 dart

67Dart273 said

Then there is something causing field power fed to the alternator. FIRST thing to do VERY first thing is to disconnect both field terminal connections, and ohm the terminals to ground. Both should be OPEN (infinity) to ground, and just ?? a couple IE very low between the two. Check your connections and wiring to the field and VR

I have forgotten, you must be? using the 70/ later VR with the triangular connector? If so, the field terminal connected to the green wire is likely grounded.

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Yes , i am using the 70/ later VR with the two prong triangle connector . I think i am doing this right . With both field terminals disconnected . With the meter set to the 200 range in ohms , it read 54.3 with one probe on the lower field terminal blade ( where the blue wire goes ) and the other probe on a fender bolt ground . Then again on alternator housing , same readings . It does fluctuate slowly , going both up and down . Mostly it slowly drops one tenth at a time . It did this with the VR connected and without it connected . The top field blade ( where the green wire goes ) , that read : 1 to the far left of the display . is that infinity ? . it read the same for between the two field blades . 1 on the far left of the display .

I also checked for Ohm's from the green wire , between the VR connector , and the terminal connector . that read 00.3 on the 200 scale of the meter . However , it might be lower because when i touch the two leads of the meter together , that alone reads 00.2