Just for the sake of saying you tried it. Switch the locations of the 2 wires on the alternator. I remeber seeing something about how the aftermarket was rewiring the brush trminals or inside the units.
Red, PLEASE DON'T. What happens here, is that sometimes, due to using old alternator frames, or just plain defective brush holders, one brush is grounded.
So......
IF YOU WERE lucky enough to get the blue "ignition" wire hooked to the ungrounded brush, and if this is the trouble, you will now......
be hooking.....
the blue field wire directly to GROUND through the grounded brush.
Since the ignition circuit is not fused..........
this will result in the illegal release of SMOKE, and the EPA will declare your neighborhood a toxic cleanup area.