04-06-12, 11:13 PM
Thanks for all your help and advice. I went over the wiring and to my surprise I found a burn on the plug of the regulator. pulled it apart and one of the three wihite wires from the generator came out of its terminal. I can only assume this has been going on for a while. I had to cut back quite a way to find good copper to solder to. But I grafted a new piece of wire and connector then carefully teased the other end of the block plug connector out. Then soldered a new connector on that. plugged it back in and normal service has been resumed. Though I will be keeping a close eye on that plug in future. Once again many thanks for all your help.