So I'm tired of working on this car... but if I don't it cost me more money sitting at the shop I work on it at.

Ok first off. My alternator. Got a new one and tested it off the car. Works fine. ONLY problem is ON the car. It doesn't work. Checked the wiring on the alternator. Check. Put in a new voltage regulator. Check. Made sure it wasn't shorting out. Check. Had some resistance in a wire. Changed that. Check. WTF can it be???? I'm at such a loss. I know there is supposed to be a wire connected to the I port on the voltage regulator. But there has NEVER been a wire running to it for as long as I've owned the car, and the old alternator worked just fine while the 302 was in it.

Next... my dash lights. I took out the cluster. Grounded it out and put a 12V system to it, the lights started glowing like crazy. Checked the Ohms of resistance in the wires. Had some. Spliced in new wires. Didn't work. I did happen to notice that there was a connector that I could not find ANYWHERE. It had a ground wire coming off of it that was not connected, to which I ground out and connected the dash lights wire. NOTHING. I'm so lost. The dimmer switch works, all the other lights work as far as interior and exterior lights. Turn signal lights work. High beam indicator light works. Just not the dash lights. Does anyone know what is wrong, or how I can wire this up to bypass the problem?

Any help is greatly appreciated.