Charging problem

[jick.cejoco]

"field coil has zero ohms on all three terminals. no short to ground (or core)."


the field coil is the rotating part of the alternator. the one you mentioned having three terminals is the stator.
your alternator should have four terminals. the fourth one being the neutral point (four wires ganged and soldered together) that goes to one of the terminals of the rectifier bridge