66 Valiant Electrical Issue?

Ok got it. lol

Well, I did find one problem.

I took the alternator off and took it back to Autozone and had them test it. Their machine wouldn't even spin it and it would go straight to FAIL. After doing this several times they came to the conclusion that their tester adapter was faulty and that the alternator was good and that it looked fairly new anyways. So.....

I took it to another Autozone and they couldn't even find the specific adapter the machine recommends but we used another one that "I" said should work....same thing....went right to FAIL. Well, they said to take it across the street to Advanced and have them test it.....went to Advanced and their machine was completely broken down.

So, I went to NAPA. All their stuff was good. Put the alternator on.....FAIL....wouldn't even spin it. They checked a few times and sure enough..FAIL.

You can take the pulley and pull it back and forth a good 1/16"-1/8" and it sounds like a metal clunking up and against metal.

I think this may be where the short is. When you remove the power wire to it then I can actually join the splice back together without it doing anything but if I reattach the power wire to the alt then that's when it starts smoking and getting hot.

I'm still gonna use your advice 67Dart273, better be safe than sorry.