wiring a voltage regulator

i installed a wiring harness from american autowire wich is designed to use a 1 wire alt. ive heard bad reviews so i wired in my stock alt and voltage regulator. i cut the plug for the regulator off my old harness and ran the green wire sraight to a field. i took the blue wire and went from the reg to the + side of coil and then to the other field. with this setup i was getting 35 volts at idle, thankfully i checked with my voltmeter before hooking up the alt.

today i disconnected the blue from the + side of coil and went straight to battery and now i'm getting 1.2 volts. ive got good grounds to voltage reg and have tried two seperste regs with same results. anyone have any ideas?