<VV> Still having electrical problems

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

It sounds to me that you have diagnosed it.  The diodes only allow  flow 
one way to change the AC to DC.  As Seth and others have said, try  swapping 
out the alternator to see if you are right.  Then the  regulator.  With all 
the bad grounds and connections and the dead battery  issues that you've 
already cleared up you've a lot closer to a solution.   And you're not the only 
person to break a internal battery connection with a  rubber mallet--lots of 
people do it with a real hammer.
 
Bob
 
 
In a message dated 2/25/2012 8:28:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cooperj123 at msn.com writes:

I  suspect that the rectifier in the alternator is either going bad or that 
I  damaged it when troubleshooting the voltage  problem