...BTW your Bieber avatar is awesome.-Malone
Alternator + post to ground = 11.6V (same as the battery indicating no charge)Alternator excitor wire (plugged into alternator post) to ground = 9.6VAlternator excitor wire (unplugged from alternator post) to ground = 11.6V (ODD)Alternator excitor wire post (with wire unplugged from alternator post) to ground = 0.5V
I generally try to put at least a $30/hour value on my time and it is NOT worth going back to the parts store multiple times - that $150 becomes cheap pretty quick.