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I got the new mechanical Harley replacement regulator Frank mentioned (Thanks Frank!). It is approx. 1/2 inch thicker than the old one and won’t fit inside the solenoid box cover without hitting the solenoid, but no problem, as I’m going to take a thin, no-regulator, solenoid box cover and mount the regulator on the outside of it. I have to make wires a bit longer, but have to rework the wires anyway because a mouse had made the sonenoid box her home and ate a lot of the wire insulation. Where it mounts in the boat, there is no chance of any metal shorting to the regulator terminals or it’s metal case. Note the metal case on the Harley regulator is not common to battery negative (unlike the original regulator) and the it’s mounting holes have rubber inserts,etc. to assure isolation from ground-negative.
Dave