Don't know what I was seeing but I just tested it with a ground wire direct to the negative battery terminal and no change. I rechecked the AC side and now saw it was reading 2 - 3 volts, not 20 - 30. What would drive low voltage there?
Also engine is CV23.
I did not notice a strap. There is a plate that is under the right mounting hole on the regulator and the other side has a hole that one of the blower housing bolts goes through. I assumed that is the ground.
I have a 2006 Z Force 50 with a CV55 Kohler engine. I has stopped charging the battery. I took a multimeter to the voltage regulator and first tested for AC voltage on the two outside terminals. That was fine, fluctuating with the engine RPM ranging about 20 - 30 volts. I then tested the...