Well as an update not that anyone is following this thread besides me, I have followed the tests in the Factory Service Manual and everything seemed to check fine but I will run through what [color:"red"]Davepet[/color] suggested tomorrow when it gets back from the muffler shop. I went ahead and ordered a Toyota alternator so we will see if that makes a difference or not (my bet is no but I had to try). The bench test was done by a friend and it tested okay but just barely okay kind of on the low end.

Two different (new) regulators gave the same readings.

I hope to have it going strong tomorrow 5-10 inches of snow headed this way.

Thanks again.