New voltage regulator, and chassis ground seemed to do the trick! Staying at 13.8 at idle with both headlights and highbeams on. Moral of the story, just because a part is new doesnt mean its good
Thanks to everyone for the input. I really appreciate it
Going to attempt to get everything put back together and hopefully fix my issue, going to buy a new DVOM just for the sake of it. Now as far as the ammeter bypass ive seen alot of people saying to run a wire from the Alt to the Starter relay with a fusible link, what gauge wire should I buy?
I dont think you brought much to the table in the first place, everyone else looked past the mistake but you. Like I said, honest mistake. Not disagreeing at all that I posted the wrong link lol. But hey thanks anyways man
Most of our parts are usually china, taiwan and sometimes mexico. I think youre right, it might just be a bad one. I will swap it out tommorow when I have some free time and keep everyone updated. Thank you all for the positive input!
This is the regulator I bought, my bad I had like 10 different tabs open and grabbed the wrong link. On a side note, I work at Oreilly so I hope I would know the difference between a VR and Alternator. Lol...
Thanks a bunch, I figured I should have the higher amp VR but I couldnt find a straight answer in any of the forums. I will order the higher amp one and give it a shot. I have already bypassed the ammeter, so thats already accounted for