My battery has been going dead due to low voltage from alternator or some other issue so I pulled alternator and took it to a rebuilder and he put it through all tests and came out fine. Told me what I've read here about ground problems with volt reg and poor regulators, and I bought a new one just to have. He brushed the paint off one mounting point, I ran a wire directly from that corner of the mounting point to the negative side of battery and the dash guage still reads 10 volts. It drops a little when I turn on lights etc. Any thoughts??? Thank for responses in advance. Seems like this subject has been beat to death. Also had my local "auto parts chain" check system with their meter. Kid says while its hooked up, "Its a V8 right?????" Are you kidding me? Then he says it shows voltage reg is no good. Don't trust that assessment as you can imagine.